by CLF_NJA_Admin | Jan 12, 2021 | All Resources, Materials, Policy
The Climate Friendly Purchasing Toolkit is a series of documents developed by members of the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum to aid public procurement leaders at all levels of government interested in reducing their purchasing carbon footprint. The...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Jan 12, 2021 | All Resources, Materials, Policy, Resource Library subpage
Circular Economy in the Built Environment: Opportunities for Local Government Leadership provides an overview of opportunities to foster a circular economy, aimed at public policymakers, public agency staff and other partners. The guide was created by StopWaste and...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Nov 20, 2020 | Construction, EC Education, Materials, Resource Library subpage, Reuse
International engineering firm Walter P Moore has released a groundbreaking stewardship report entitled Embodied Carbon, A Clearer View of Carbon Emissions. The report focuses on an issue of relevance for all material specifiers, which is the reduction of greenhouse...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Nov 11, 2020 | All Resources, Case Study, Construction, Materials, Policy, Publications
Case Study This case study provides information on the City of Portland’s first round of low-carbon concrete pilot projects, featuring sidewalk ramps within the City’s Bureau of Transportation. The goal of the pilot project was to understand how the mixes...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Oct 30, 2020 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Case Study, LCA, Materials, Research Report, Wood
Research Purpose: Analyze environmental impacts of Katerra’s CLT supply chain, as well as its Catalyst Building. About Katerra commissioned the Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) and Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR) at the University of...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Oct 10, 2020 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, Biogenic Carbon, Materials, Renewables, Research Report, Wood
Research Purpose: Answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 8-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020. It brought together wood...