The projects implemented a variety of embodied carbon reduction strategies, including low carbon concrete, mass timber, adaptive reuse, salvaged materials, innovative bio-based materials, and design for material efficiency.

CLF collaborated with these project teams to capture their design and decision-making processes, procurement successes and challenges, construction lessons learned, and what their team members took away from the experience of successfully reducing embodied carbon on their projects. Each case study encompasses the story and the details of the LCA, including the development of a baseline and the reported results compared to the design case. 

The introduction walks you through our collaborative process with the teams as they developed their case studies, plus CLF’s perspective on some of the complex topics related to performing project LCAs. 

W]e are very grateful to all of the project teams that responded to our initial call for case study submissions and those teams that worked with us on the production of the ones in this first volume. We hope you take the time to dig into these and learn some approaches to try on your next project!

This collection of embodied carbon reduction case studies showcases built projects across a wide range of building types from office to high-rise residential to industrial facilities to university buildings to single-family residential homes. They implemented embodied carbon reduction strategies including low carbon concrete, mass timber, adaptive reuse, salvaged materials, innovative bio-based materials, and design for material efficiency.

CLF collaborated with these project teams to capture their design and decision-making processes, procurement successes and challenges, construction lessons learned, and what their team members took away from the experience of successfully reducing embodied carbon on their projects. Each case study includes the story, the details of the LCAs, including the development of a baseline and the reported results compared to the design case.

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Join a diverse cross-section of designers, building owners, developers, manufacturers, utilities, consultants, and community-based organizations to discover real-world solutions, create connections, and work together for more affordable, healthier, and resilient communities. Connect with CLF Low Carbon Product Lead, Rachelle Habchi, at her panel From Policy to Practice: Scaling Action on Embodied Carbon through State and Local Leadership and Building Codes.

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