by andrew.himes | Apr 18, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Data and Tools, Materials, Research Report, Tools & Data
Carbon Leadership Forum Material Baselines for North America / August 2023 The CLF North American Material Baselines Report provides a snapshot of the state of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for North American-produced building materials. This report...
by andrew.himes | Apr 17, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Publication, Materials, Research Report
Washington State Department of Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Project / April 2023 A growing number of federal and state-level policies have started requiring embodied carbon reporting from roadway construction projects. However, few have inventories and/or...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
Global Efficiency Intelligence Report (September 2021) The United States spends billions of dollars each year on government procurement. In 2018, the United States spent $110 billion in federal non-defense investments in physical capital that among other things,...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 13, 2022 | All Resources, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
Climate Works Foundation Report (December 2020) The material economy is how we provide all the physical stuff we need and want—houses, utility lines, roads and railroads, cars and trucks, consumer products—through manufacturing, construction, mining, and waste...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | 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 CLF_NJA_Admin | Feb 24, 2022 | All Resources, Case Study, Construction, Materials
Case Study: Pedestrian Crosswalk & Signal Pole Footings & Adjacent Sidewalk This pilot project compared the performance low carbon concrete mix with 50% cement replacement with a 100% cement mix for pole footings. Cost, strength, and finishability were all...