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\"The<\/h2>\n

Embodied Carbon Benchmarks Report<\/h2>\n

Embodied Carbon Budgets and Analysis of 292 Buildings in the US and Canada<\/p>\n

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Read Report<\/a><\/p>\n

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About<\/h2>\n

The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector has a major role to play in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of the built environment. Much of the near-term impact of buildings will be from embodied carbon due to the imminent timing and scale of embodied emissions. Given this opportunity, gauging the typical magnitude of the embodied carbon of buildings is a critical step to understanding current building practices and mapping a pathway towards reduction.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Authors<\/h2>\n

The individuals from the Carbon Leadership Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Brad Benke, Manager Low Carbon Buildings<\/li>\n
  • Aurora Jensen, Senior Manager Low Carbon Buildings<\/li>\n
  • Meghan Lewis, Program Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The individuals from the UW Life Cycle Lab<\/strong> who worked on this report are:<\/p>\n

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    • Manuel Chafart, Researcher<\/li>\n
    • Kathrina Simonen, Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Published<\/h2>\n

      April 2025<\/p>\n

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