Carbon Leadership Forum Material Baselines / July 2021 In order to set achievable targets, it is necessary to have a baseline from which to compare products within a material or product category. In January, the Carbon Leadership Forum published the 2021 Material...
The Carbon Leadership Forum has created an array of resources to support action by owners to radically reduce embodied carbon. A Toolkit for Building Owners Working to Reduce Embodied Carbon Investors, developers, and public or private building owners and tenants are...
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...
The world currently emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere every year. To avert the most calamitous impacts of climate change, we need to get that number to zero by 2050. Achieving net-zero emissions in the next thirty years may be the...
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...
Governments, institutions, private organizations and construction companies are looking for ways to reduce the carbon pollution embedded in the products they purchase. Many are choosing to leverage their buying power to reduce impacts to climate through low carbon...