by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Buildings, Construction, Owner, Policy, Resource Library subpage
Low-Cost, High-Value Opportunities Report, July 2021 Authors Rebecca Esau, Matt Jungclaus, Victor Olgyay, Audrey Rempher. Authors listed alphabetically. All authors from RMI unless otherwise noted. Contacts Victor Olgyay Rebecca Esau Buildings account for at least 39%...
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ThinkWood and Woodworks Case Study Report (July 2021) Authors: KL&A Engineers and BuildersAdolfson & Peterson Mass timber structural systems are relatively new to the North American construction market, but their use is growing rapidly as new manufacturers and...
by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
To meet global emissions targets and curb the negative effects of climate change, ambitious sustainability goals must be set and exceeded in the design of the buildings we create. Given the large carbon footprint of the built environment, a unified approach to the...
by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural, Tools & Data
Want to quickly find the embodied carbon order of magnitude of your project or framing scheme? Use this very simple estimator below that we call ECOM. ECOM stands for (E)mbodied (C)arbon (O)rder of (M)agnitude and is a basic embodied carbon estimator. ECOM allows...
by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
Jenny Pattison discusses the typical considerations that structural engineers face when seeking to add floors to an existing building, and the sustainability outcomes of potential solutions. Introduction Vertical extensions to existing buildings are often proposed to...
by | Aug 6, 2020 | All Resources, Resource Library subpage, Structural
Influence the Brief Tim Chapman and Ian Firth highlight the carbon differences between civil structures and buildings projects, and propose that engineers work with their clients to target low-carbon outcomes, rather than just low-carbon structures. In carbon strategy...
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