3 – Strategies to Reduce Embodied Carbon in Roadway Infrastructure

by andrew.himes | Feb 13, 2024 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Roadway Infrastructure Toolkit, Infrastructure

Roadway infrastructure results in significant greenhouse gas emissions released due to the extraction and manufacturing of materials and all other process necessary to build and maintain it – also known as embodied carbon. Once identified and quantified,...

Advancing the LCA Ecosystem | September 2023

by andrew.himes | Sep 8, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Featured Research, CLF Policy Resources, Policy, Publications, Research Report

A Policy-Focused Roadmap for Reducing Embodied Carbon In this report, the CLF lays out a vision and steps towards an ideal LCA ecosystem optimized for use as a tool for policy and private sector decarbonization action (focusing on the United States and Canada). This...

2 – Embodied Carbon Procurement Policies

by | Aug 6, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Owner Toolkit, CLF Policy Resources, Owner

This document provides an overview of the opportunity for building owners, tenants, and developers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of construction materials through their procurement policies. More information about opportunities for addressing embodied carbon with...

3 – Targeting Net-Zero Embodied Carbon

by | Aug 6, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Owner Toolkit, CLF Policy Resources, Owner

This document provides an overview of three types of embodied carbon reduction targets, and also examples of corporate and other voluntary commitments to reduce embodied carbon.  More information about opportunities for addressing embodied carbon with policy can be...

1 – Getting Started: Corporate Policies

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | All Resources, Authored by CLF, CLF Owner Toolkit, Owner

Embodied carbon refers to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials. When a building owner or tenant purchases materials to construct a space, these emissions...

2 – Measuring Embodied Carbon

by Amanda Brown | Aug 6, 2023 | AIA-CLF Toolkit for Architects, All Resources, Authored by CLF

Measuring embodied carbon is key to evaluating the highest-impact, most cost-effective solutions to reducing embodied carbon on your project. As is often said, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Measuring embodied carbon requires a methodology called life...