2 – EPD 101: Embodied Carbon Accounting for Materials
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...
3 – Building LCA 101: Embodied Carbon Accounting
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...
4 – Buy Clean Policies: Overview + Implementation
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...
5 – Building-Scale Embodied Carbon Performance Requirements
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...