Northeast U.S. & Canada Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies

par andrew.himes | Mar 9, 2024 | Toutes les ressources, Rédigé par CLF, Étude de cas, Recherche en vedette de la FCF, Ressources sur les politiques CLF, Nouvelles, Politique

Policies that address embodied carbon are being proposed and adopted at all levels of government- federal, state and local- at a rapidly accelerating pace. This report highlights nine policies in the Northeast region of the United States and Canada as examples of...

Two Key Practices for Transformative Change

par andrew.himes | Mar 6, 2024 | Carbon Reflections, Nouvelles

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 parameters. However, our quickly changing world and climate present us with...

GSA Low Carbon Materials Funding

par andrew.himes | Feb 13, 2024 | Nouvelles

GSA Announces 150+ Projects with $2 billion in Funding for Clean Construction Materials Primary Authors: Meghan Lewis (Carbon Leadership Forum), Walter Tersch (GSA), Katie Poss (Building Transparency) In August 2022, the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Section...

Carbon Reflections: A Tipping Point?

par andrew.himes | Dec 5, 2023 | Carbon Reflections, Nouvelles

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 for awareness, capacity, and action to radically reduce embodied carbon...

Carbon Reflections: Change is the One True Constant

par andrew.himes | Nov 13, 2023 | Carbon Reflections, Nouvelles

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, we meet in person twice a year for about a week. We discuss strategy,...

Embodied Carbon Harmonization and Optimization (ECHO) Project

par andrew.himes | Oct 9, 2023 | Nouvelles

A group of built environment industry groups and movement leaders is proud to share a new collaborative initiative — the Embodied Carbon Harmonization and Optimization (ECHO) Project — to tackle the challenge to rapidly reduce embodied carbon in built environments by...