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...
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...
GHG Emissions Inventory from Construction of Washington State Dept. of Transportation Roadways

GHG Emissions Inventory from Construction of Washington State Dept. of Transportation Roadways

Washington State Department of Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Project / April 2023 A growing number of federal and state-level policies have started requiring embodied carbon reporting from roadway construction projects.  However, few have inventories and/or...