by andrew.himes | Nov 1, 2020 | EC Education
This video from the Endeavour Centre explains upfront embodied carbon emissions from buildings, and shows how material selection can make the difference between a building with a huge carbon footprint, or a building that is actually a net carbon sink. Visit the...
by andrew.himes | Oct 20, 2020 | EC Education, News
The World Green Building Council’s pioneering report “Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront: Coordinated action for the building and construction sector to tackle embodied carbon” demands radical cross-sector coordination to revolutionize the buildings and...
by andrew.himes | Aug 3, 2020 | EC Education, Video
This playlist from CLF’s Youtube channel is a compilation of webinars and presentations created by members, contributors, and staff of the Carbon Leadership Forum. Tip for using playlistsTo see all the videos in a playlist, click the playlist icon at the top of...
by mehdi | Apr 18, 2020 | CLF Publications, EC Education, Publications
CLF board member Larry Strain developed this white paper for the Carbon Leadership Forum in order to articulate the critical need to reduce embodied carbon quickly and identifying the need for a more urgent emphasis on re-using and retrofitting our existing building...
by mehdi | Mar 31, 2020 | EC Education
The Carbon Challenge Climate, Carbon and the Built Environment The Impact of Buildings on Carbon Emissions Globally, the building and construction sectors account for nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in constructing and operating buildings...
by andrew.himes | Oct 29, 2019 | EC Education, News
GatesNotes – October 28, 2019 Besides the traffic and the weather, we Seattleites love to talk about all the construction going on in our city. The downtown skyline is full of cranes, and it seems like the building never stops. By the end of the year, 39 new...