Carbon Reflections is a monthly series of short essays by CLF staff members, introducing each month’s newsletter.
We are so excited to release the CLF Whole Building LCA Benchmark Study v2 dataset!
by Mel Chafart, Research Affiliate We are so excited to release the CLF Whole Building LCA Benchmark Study v2 dataset! Our dataset encompasses detailed and harmonized building design...
Climate Anxiety and Filling Your Cup
by Michelle Lambert, Policy and Engagement Manager I will guess that anyone reading the Carbon Leadership Forum newsletter this December is feeling a fair amount of newly charged climate anxiety....
Buy Clean(er)
by Jordan Palmeri, Senior Manager Low Carbon Products I started writing two versions of this essay—one for either outcome of the Presidential election. I quickly realized it was the wrong...
Sharing is Caring
by Mel ChafartResearcher at the Life Cycle Lab, University of Washington Recently, I joined the CLF-LA Hub on a tour of the CalPortland plant in Mojave. It was really illuminating to learn more...
The POD|LCA Project: An Update Through Memes
by Monica HuangResearcher at the Life Cycle Lab, University of Washington I’m not going to lie — the Parametric Open Data for Life Cycle Assessment (POD|LCA Project) has been a challenging...
School’s Out, Sustainability’s In: Empowering Young Minds
by Meghan Byrne Engagement and Communications Lead, Carbon Leadership Forum As summer unfolds and students take a break from their studies, it’s a great time to think about how we can bring...
Embodied Carbon Calculations Are Simple, Right? Not So Fast!
by Andrew Himes Director of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum Several years ago, the concept of embodied carbon was new to me, and I had a simplified notion of how we might go about...
Whole-life Carbon, the Key to a Zero Emission Building
by Yang Shen Research engineer for the Life Cycle Lab at the University of Washington and a Research Affiliate for CLF Recently, the White House released a document titled “National Definition of...
Understanding Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Navigating the Unknown
by Anber RanaPost-doctoral Scholar, Life Cycle Lab, University of Washington In March 2024, I began investigating uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as researcher on CLF’s POD|LCA...
Two Key Practices for Transformative Change
by Ethan Ellingboe Reasearch Engineer, Carbon Leadership Forum As engineers, scientists, and architects, we are trained to solve ideal problems with a limited scope, and just a few variable...
Carbon Reflections: A Tipping Point?
by Andrew Himes Director of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum I’ve been wondering for years now when we (the North American building industry, to be specific) might reach a tipping point...
Carbon Reflections: Change is the One True Constant
by Chad Evans Operations Manager, Carbon Leadership Forum At the Carbon Leadership Forum, we are an almost entirely remote workplace. To foster collaboration and strengthen working relationships,...
Carbon Reflections: Cradle to Gate to Cradle
by Brook Waldman Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum Hello! We recently completed two CLF project milestones: we presented a webinar for the 2023 CLF Material Baselines in late August, and we...
Carbon Reflections: Staying Busy, Staying Cool
by Brad Benke Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Limits to Growth which, at the time, presented some controversial findings about our...
Carbon Reflections: Hope, Fear, and Love
by Andrew HimesDirector of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum I’ve been reflecting recently on how rapidly our world is changing. Obvious examples are the accelerating pace of the...
Raising Awareness, Propelling Action
Carbon Leadership Forum Launches as Independent Nonprofit Organization by Kate SimonenFounder, Carbon Leadership Forum Over the last 14 years, the Carbon Leadership Forum has been raising...
We are so excited to release the CLF Whole Building LCA Benchmark Study v2 dataset!
by Mel Chafart, Research Affiliate We are so excited to release the CLF Whole Building LCA Benchmark Study v2 dataset! Our dataset encompasses detailed and harmonized building design...
Climate Anxiety and Filling Your Cup
by Michelle Lambert, Policy and Engagement Manager I will guess that anyone reading the Carbon Leadership Forum newsletter this December is feeling a fair amount of newly charged climate anxiety....
Buy Clean(er)
by Jordan Palmeri, Senior Manager Low Carbon Products I started writing two versions of this essay—one for either outcome of the Presidential election. I quickly realized it was the wrong...
Sharing is Caring
by Mel ChafartResearcher at the Life Cycle Lab, University of Washington Recently, I joined the CLF-LA Hub on a tour of the CalPortland plant in Mojave. It was really illuminating to learn more...
The POD|LCA Project: An Update Through Memes
by Monica HuangResearcher at the Life Cycle Lab, University of Washington I’m not going to lie — the Parametric Open Data for Life Cycle Assessment (POD|LCA Project) has been a challenging...
School’s Out, Sustainability’s In: Empowering Young Minds
by Meghan Byrne Engagement and Communications Lead, Carbon Leadership Forum As summer unfolds and students take a break from their studies, it’s a great time to think about how we can bring...
Embodied Carbon Calculations Are Simple, Right? Not So Fast!
by Andrew Himes Director of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum Several years ago, the concept of embodied carbon was new to me, and I had a simplified notion of how we might go about...
Whole-life Carbon, the Key to a Zero Emission Building
by Yang Shen Research engineer for the Life Cycle Lab at the University of Washington and a Research Affiliate for CLF Recently, the White House released a document titled “National Definition of...
Understanding Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Navigating the Unknown
by Anber RanaPost-doctoral Scholar, Life Cycle Lab, University of Washington In March 2024, I began investigating uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as researcher on CLF’s POD|LCA...
Two Key Practices for Transformative Change
by Ethan Ellingboe Reasearch Engineer, Carbon Leadership Forum As engineers, scientists, and architects, we are trained to solve ideal problems with a limited scope, and just a few variable...
Carbon Reflections: A Tipping Point?
by Andrew Himes Director of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum I’ve been wondering for years now when we (the North American building industry, to be specific) might reach a tipping point...
Carbon Reflections: Change is the One True Constant
by Chad Evans Operations Manager, Carbon Leadership Forum At the Carbon Leadership Forum, we are an almost entirely remote workplace. To foster collaboration and strengthen working relationships,...
Carbon Reflections: Cradle to Gate to Cradle
by Brook Waldman Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum Hello! We recently completed two CLF project milestones: we presented a webinar for the 2023 CLF Material Baselines in late August, and we...
Carbon Reflections: Staying Busy, Staying Cool
by Brad Benke Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Limits to Growth which, at the time, presented some controversial findings about our...
Carbon Reflections: Hope, Fear, and Love
by Andrew HimesDirector of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum I’ve been reflecting recently on how rapidly our world is changing. Obvious examples are the accelerating pace of the...
Raising Awareness, Propelling Action
Carbon Leadership Forum Launches as Independent Nonprofit Organization by Kate SimonenFounder, Carbon Leadership Forum Over the last 14 years, the Carbon Leadership Forum has been raising...