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CLF Generic Reporting Template for Whole-Building LCA Results
This reporting template aligns with best available practices and standards to create consistency and flexibility for varying LCA reporting efforts. About This is a generic LCA...
2025 CLF North American Material Baselines
The CLF North American Material Baselines Report provides a snapshot of the state of environmental product declarations (EPDs) for North American-produced building materials. This report includes: Background and methodology, CLF Baselines (industry-average embodied carbon values), and a Detailed results by material category
A Literature Review on the Health Impacts of Wood and Mass Timber Buildings
This paper is a literature review of the available scientific and industry literature on the documented health impacts of wood and mass timber in construction, such as indoor...
Biogenic Carbon Accounting in Wood Environmental Product Declarations
This report dives deep into the accounting and reporting standards for wood product EPDs in Europe and North America to identify key challenges in the comparability of current...
Beginner’s Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon
The Beginner’s Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon represents more than just a research document—it is a testament to the power of collaborative innovation and shared...
The Embodied Carbon Benchmark Report
Embodied Carbon Benchmarks Report Embodied Carbon Budgets and Analysis of 292 Buildings in the US and Canada Read Report The latest report from the CLF WBLCA Benchmark...
2025 Embodied Carbon Reductions Built Project Case Study Collection
This collection of embodied carbon reduction case studies showcases built projects across a wide range of building types from office to high-rise residential to industrial...
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...
SE 2050 Data Analysis and Findings Report Published
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...
CLF Generic Reporting Template for Whole-Building LCA Results
This reporting template aligns with best available practices and standards to create consistency and flexibility for varying LCA reporting efforts. About This is a generic LCA...
2025 CLF North American Material Baselines
A Literature Review on the Health Impacts of Wood and Mass Timber Buildings
This paper is a literature review of the available scientific and industry literature on the documented health impacts of wood and mass timber in construction, such as indoor...
Biogenic Carbon Accounting in Wood Environmental Product Declarations
This report dives deep into the accounting and reporting standards for wood product EPDs in Europe and North America to identify key challenges in the comparability of current...
Beginner’s Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon
The Beginner’s Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon represents more than just a research document—it is a testament to the power of collaborative innovation and shared...
The Embodied Carbon Benchmark Report
Embodied Carbon Benchmarks Report Embodied Carbon Budgets and Analysis of 292 Buildings in the US and Canada Read Report The latest report from the CLF WBLCA Benchmark...
2025 Embodied Carbon Reductions Built Project Case Study Collection
This collection of embodied carbon reduction case studies showcases built projects across a wide range of building types from office to high-rise residential to industrial...
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...
SE 2050 Data Analysis and Findings Report Published
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...