Tornado Resilience and Sustainability

by | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF

Research Purpose: Develop embodied carbon estimates of tornado damage to an interdisciplinary NSF research project. Summary Strong winds such as those produced by a tornado or a hurricane have resulted in billions of dollars in damage annually and continue to threaten...

LCA and Timber Optimization

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2022 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, LCA Data & Tools, Materials, Research Report, Wood

Research Purpose: Explore how mass timber buildings can be optimized for material efficiency, and support a regionally-specific LCA case study of an office building in the Pacific Northwest. Report published: February, 2018 About Transitioning construction of low to...

AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects

by andrew.himes | Nov 2, 2021 | AIA-CLF Toolkit for Architects, All Resources, Authored by CLF, Buildings, Toolkits

Architects are critical to addressing the climate crisis through reducing both operational and embodied carbon on their projects. The AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects serves to provide architects with an overview and the necessary steps to be taken to...

Tracking Federal Action on Embodied Carbon: March 2021

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Policy Resources, Policy

Actors across the US federal government are taking steps to address embodied carbon. This document provides a summary of recent highlights and ongoing initiatives related to reducing embodied carbon across federal agencies and programs. by Meghan Lewis and Monica...

Floor Loadings and the Climate Emergency

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Structural

Will Hawkins, Angus Peters and Tim Mander argue for designers to challenge overspecification and grasp the opportunity that reduced floor loads offer for low-carbon structural design. To align with climate targets, we must reduce the embodied carbon of building...

Decarbonizing construction

by | Aug 6, 2021 | All Resources, Buildings, EC Education, Owner

WBSCD’s report “Decarbonizing construction – Guidance for investors and developers to reduce embodied carbon” provides targeted guidance for developers and investors to leverage their unique opportunity to drive transformation at the early stages of building projects...