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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, and Appendices.<\/p>\n
The CLF Baseline values represent an estimate of industry-average GHG emissions for construction materials manufactured in North America. An overwhelming majority of the CLF Baselines published in this report are based on a North American industry-wide EPD if one was available at the time of publication. As such, it is appropriate to use this number as a rough estimate of a product type\u2019s embodied carbon before a specific product has been selected or as a reference value against which product-level comparisons can be made.<\/p>\n
Each material category has a detailed appendix that includes a description of the embodied carbon impacts, the available EPDs, and summary statistics. The Appendices in this report allow users to better understand the availability of existing industry-wide and product EPDs, and the variability of product types across a category. The snapshot of available EPDs summarized in each Appendix was assembled using the EC3 database in Fall 2022.<\/p>\n
The research team from the Carbon Leadership Forum at the University of Washington College of Built Environments included\u00a0Brook Waldman, Researcher; Allison Hyatt, Researcher; Stephanie Carlisle, Senior Researcher; Jordan Palmeri, Senior Researcher; and Kathrina Simonen, Executive Director<\/p>\n
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