Additionally, exciting new work from the Life Cycle Lab offers insights into statistically significant drivers of embodied carbon, in-depth material-level analysis of buildings, and dynamic visualization dashboards to compare project impacts. While I’ll focus on the details of our report below, make sure to check out all of the amazing resources newly available as part of the CLF WBLCA Benchmark Study V2. 

Our benchmark report fills a critical gap within the design and construction industry by providing defensible, bottom-up, data-driven embodied carbon benchmarks for buildings in the US and Canada and guidance on their implementation. Derived from our recently published open-access WBLCA dataset, we provided benchmarks for multiple building use types to support WBLCA-based policy development and industry decision-makers in setting limits and targets for building decarbonization.  The report also explores key drivers and trends in building impacts, advancing efforts by practitioners and policymakers alike to reduce emissions across projects, portfolios, and policies. We hope this report will empower industry leaders with better data to analyze and compare the impacts of buildings, set performance targets, and motivate impact reductions. 

We’re so excited to share these new resources with you - dive into them, share widely, and help drive the shift towards low-carbon buildings - the time for data-informed action is now! Huge thanks to the contributors and collaborators who made this work possible, especially the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the ClimateWorks Foundation, and the Breakthrough Energy Foundation – we’re grateful for your partnership in this effort!

In this report, we fill a critical gap within the design and construction industry by providing bottom-up, empirically derived embodied carbon benchmarks for buildings in the US and Canada to aid in the development of WBLCA policies and programs. Additionally, we explored drivers and trends of the embodied carbon impacts of buildings across multiple project features to increase knowledge in the industry and inform building decarbonization efforts. All of this was done using one of the richest and most methodologically consistent datasets of WBLCA results currently available for North America. Thus, the benchmarks and findings from this report provide greater consistency and reliability than previous studies and offer clearer and more actionable pathways to industry-wide decarbonization.

As part of the CLF WBLCA Benchmark Study V2, we are thrilled to announce the release of four additional publications from the University of Washington Life Cycle Lab. These resources reflect years of work and collaboration between the CLF and Life Cycle Lab and show what’s possible with the recently published open-access WBLCA dataset. They offer insights and tools for exploring building and material-level embodied carbon impacts and the driving forces behind higher and lower carbon projects. 

Over the past few weeks, the LinkedIn community has been buzzing with insights, reflections, and real-world applications of the Benchmark Study — and we’re thrilled by the response. Here’s a roundup of highlights from CLF, the Life Cycle Lab, and our amazing contributors. Dive into the conversation and let us know how you’re using the WBLCA resources

This dataset wouldn’t be possible without the support of our contributors. Many helped spread the word — here’s what they had to say:

• Jessie Scott Templeton @ Brightworks
• reLoad Sustainable Design Inc
• Tim Hemsath @ BVH Architecture
• Katherine Bubriski @ Arrowstreet
• Nate Maniktala @ BranchPattern

We’ve loved seeing how the community is already using and visualizing the data:

• C.Scale – Dataset Insights
• Jared Friedman – Exploring the CLF WBLCA Dataset
• Jesse Walton – Data Visualization

Curious about what’s in the dataset and how to get started? Our ICYMI LinkedIn post broke it down — what the data means, why it matters, and how to take action. You can find now find the Resource Spotlight PDF on the WBLCA Project Page.

Help us keep the momentum going — share the Embodied Carbon Benchmark Report with your network and let us know how you’re using it in your work. We’d love to hear how you’re applying these benchmarks — tag us on LinkedIn or reach out to the authors of these resources to share your story.

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