End-of-Life Modeling and Data in North American Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Tools
At the end of their service lives, building materials are either recovered (e.g., reused, recycled, incinerated) or disposed of in landfills. In life cycle assessment (LCA) terms, the environmental impacts due to material recovery or disposal are accounted for within...
Northeast U.S. & Canada Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies
Policies that address embodied carbon are being proposed and adopted at all levels of government- federal, state and local- at a rapidly accelerating pace. This report highlights nine policies in the Northeast region of the United States and Canada as examples of...
1 – Introduction to Embodied Carbon and Roadway Infrastructure
Greenhouse gas emissions released due to the manufacturing, transportation, and installation of products are collectively known as embodied carbon. Embodied carbon can be released during any stage of a transportation infrastructure life cycle including the initial...
CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Roadway Infrastructure
Building and operating the wide network of transportation infrastructure requires significant flows of energy and material resources which highlights the critical role of transportation agencies in addressing the climate change impacts of building these massive forms...