by andrew.himes | May 18, 2022 | All Resources, Buildings, Materials, Resource Library subpage
ThinkWood and Woodworks Case Study Report (July 2021) Authors:KL&A Engineers and BuildersAdolfson & Peterson Authors KL&A Engineers and Builders: Alexis Feitel, Team Carbon Unit Director, Structural Designer Bob Redwine, PE, Team Carbon Advisor Greg...
by andrew.himes | May 18, 2022 | All Resources, Buildings, Materials, Resource Library subpage
ThinkWood Report: Embodied Carbon in Climate Smart Buildings (February 2021) What is it? Embodied carbon for building materials is a measure of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with one or more life cycle stages. Total embodied carbon is attributed to the...
by andrew.himes | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Buildings, Materials, Resource Library subpage
UK Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) Report (February 2021) ACAN is calling for the urgent introduction of legislation to regulate embodied carbon emissions generated by construction activities in the UK. Current policy and regulation focus solely on...
by andrew.himes | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Buildings, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
New Building Institute Report (January 2022) Embodied emissions have been largely ignored until recently by regulators, manufacturers, architects, engineers and builders, but that is fast changing for obvious good reason: they constitute a big part of the climate...
by andrew.himes | Aug 24, 2021 | All Resources, Buildings, Construction, Owner, Resource Library subpage
The Owners Carbon Action Network (ownersCAN) is a group of developers, users, and managers of buildings that are dedicated to measuring and reducing the embodied carbon of their projects. OwnersCAN was created to raise awareness and provide education on the importance...
by andrew.himes | Aug 24, 2021 | All Resources, Buildings, Owner, Resource Library subpage
The UK Green Building Council developed Embodied Carbon: Developing a Client Brief to support clients in taking first steps in their critical role in reducing embodied carbon. “We know that clients will play a critical role in this work as what clients ask for, the...