par andrew.himes | Jun 7, 2024 | Rédigé par CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Éducation CE, Bibliothèque de ressources
This factsheet aims to provide a high-level overview of embodied carbon — how it is defined, its significance in the global climate crisis, and why it is an important consideration for policymakers. Embodied carbon refers to the greenhouse gas emissions arising from...
par andrew.himes | Jun 6, 2024 | Rédigé par CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Éducation CE, Bibliothèque de ressources
This factsheet explains what Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are, how they are created and the pathways to use them in policy. Industrial policies that target the reduction of emissions from construction products, like “Buy Clean” policies, need data to...
par andrew.himes | Jun 5, 2024 | Rédigé par CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Bibliothèque de ressources
This factsheet provides an overview of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) including methodologies, data sources, and includes policy guidance for using LCA. Building greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be broadly divided into operational carbon – the emissions...
par andrew.himes | Jun 4, 2024 | Rédigé par CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Bibliothèque de ressources
This factsheet includes an overview and key elements of Buy Clean procurement policy, its impact in reducing embodied carbon, and provides a snapshot of the status of Buy Clean policies in the U.S. Buy Clean is a procurement policy approach incorporating low-carbon...
par andrew.himes | Jun 3, 2024 | Rédigé par CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Bibliothèque de ressources
This factsheet provides an overview of how performance-based building policy requirements can help address embodied carbon, why they should be a policy priority, and examples of existing policy paths. Building-scale embodied carbon performance requirements fill a...
par andrew.himes | Jun 2, 2024 | Rédigé par CLF, CLF Policy Factsheet, Bibliothèque de ressources
This factsheet provides a high-level overview of building codes, explains the ways in which code can address embodied carbon and provides a number of case studies. Building codes are a comprehensive set of interconnected regulations that are designed to govern new...