End-of-Life Modeling and Data in North American Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Tools

End-of-Life Modeling and Data in North American Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Tools

At the end of their service lives, building materials are either recovered (e.g., reused, recycled, incinerated) or disposed of in landfills. In life cycle assessment (LCA) terms, the environmental impacts due to material recovery or disposal are accounted for within...
Northeast U.S. & Canada Embodied Carbon Policy Case Studies

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

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...
Advancing the LCA Ecosystem | September 2023

Advancing the LCA Ecosystem | September 2023

A Policy-Focused Roadmap for Reducing Embodied Carbon In this report, the CLF lays out a vision and steps towards an ideal LCA ecosystem optimized for use as a tool for policy and private sector decarbonization action (focusing on the United States and Canada). This...