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...
2023 CLF North American Material Baselines Report
Carbon Leadership Forum Material Baselines for North America / August 2023 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...
Dati aperti parametrici per la valutazione del ciclo di vita
About In the spring of 2022, ARPA-E announced a cohort of material and building design teams for the “Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere” (HESTIA) Program. Each team in the program is working on a project to develop a...
Sviluppo di un calcolatore di riduzione della politica del carbonio incorporato
Il rapporto Developing an Embodied Carbon Policy Reduction Calculator riassume i risultati dello sviluppo di un calcolatore proof-of-concept e di uno studio pilota incentrato sulla stima dei potenziali di risparmio di carbonio delle politiche del carbonio incorporate in tutta la città. A proposito di una crescita...