Architects are critical to addressing the climate crisis by reducing both operational and embodied carbon on their projects. The AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects provides architects with an overview and the necessary steps to reduce embodied carbon in their projects. This resource highlights the required steps and resources to take in reducing embodied carbon. The Toolkit:

• introduces embodied carbon and discusses its significance in decarbonizing the building industry.
• provides an understanding of measuring embodied carbon with LCA
• equips architects with strategies to reduce embodied carbon in their projects.

(By the way, it’s been reported Disney World’s Tower of Terror is undergoing a substantial upgrade and revision with guidance from the Toolkit for Architects!)

by Stephani Dalo, Program Manager, CLF British Columbia

What started off in 2019 as Vancouver’s Embodied Carbon Network has grown to become CLF’s BC Regional Hub, BC's very own Embodied Carbon Centre of Excellence. CLF’s volunteer-led Regional Hubs are working to bring people together to reduce embodied carbon emissions in their communities by supporting the goals and mission of CLF at the local scale.

After several years of collecting embodied carbon data from SE 2050 Signatory firms, the SE 2050 Commitment Program has announced the publication of its first analysis and findings report based on this data. The study and report were completed and overseen by members of the SE 2050 Committee making up the internal Data Science Team and peer-reviewed by an external panel.

The University of Washington adopted its updated Green Building Standard in July of 2024. This new standard is the University’s first comprehensive GHG inventory since 2005, and the first to focus on a radical reduction of embodied carbon across its entire portfolio of buildings. This new standard provides a holistic approach to ensure that building and construction across the UW aligns with the University's sustainability goals. The UW Green Building Standard ensures that all construction and renovation projects maximize energy and water efficiency, reduce operational and embodied carbon emissions, and align with principles of equity, ecological harmony, and health & well-being.

by Rachelle Habchi, Low Carbon Product Lead

I grew up in San Diego, California and never fully appreciated the insulated bubble of a cultural and natural ecosystem that it was I moved out for college. Mostly, maybe, because my time was consumed by shuttling between daily Taekwondo practice, Saturday Arabic School, and Sunday post-mass lunches with family friends that lasted four hours at a minimum. But who knows? I spent most of my formative years in Irvine, working through my Bachelors and Masters. What started as an interest in Biology turned to Urban Design, then Physics, and then finally landed on Civil Engineering. Intricate yet intuitive concepts in the mechanics of materials are what drew me into the world of structural engineering. For me, it was just the right ratio of struggle to dopamine-hit I was looking for.

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• The Carbon Leadership Forum accelerates transformation of the building sector to radically reduce the embodied carbon in building materials and construction.
• We pioneer research, create resources, foster cross-sector collaboration, and incubate member-led initiatives to bring embodied carbon emissions of buildings down to zero.
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