Renee Cheng: Change Agency, Value Change
Amid the pandemic, economic crash, and social justice outcries awaits a collision that will reveal new questions for the design profession, writes the renowned educator, researcher, and current dean...
CLF adds new research staff to accelerate embodied carbon action
Introducing Steph Carlisle and Meghan Lewis Today, the CLF announced the addition of two new staff positions to bolster its mission to radically reduce embodied carbon emissions from construction...
New York Times: Concrete, a Centuries-old Material, Gets a New Recipe
A building block in most construction projects, concrete is responsible for about 8 percent of global carbon emissions. Several companies are working to create a greener mix. by Jane...
Origin Story: The Embodied Carbon Benchmark Study
"We sought to develop a database of existing building embodied carbon studies to discover trends and establish better ways to reduce uncertainties in data collection." By Stefanie...
EC3 Tool Continues to Transform Markets for Building Materials
Nine months after its November introduction in Atlanta, GA at Greenbuild 2019, the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) tool is rapidly becoming an essential resource for architects and...
Decarbonization and Social Equity
Environmental Stewardship and Social Responsibility: We Can Do It All By Donald I. King FAIA Eco-consciousness and the selling of green design For many of us who have worked in low-income...
Introducing Anthony Hickling, CLF’s New Managing Director
by Anthony Hickling As a child I wanted to be an architect. I drew floor plans, toured open houses (still do), and loved getting lost in the details of a space. As I grew and learned what a...
Our Mission is Transformation
by Kate Simonen Founding Director of the Carbon Leadership Forum We’re living through an extraordinary moment in human history, as though the 1918 flu epidemic, the 1929 market crash, and the 1963...
The Nehemiah Initiative
Building Beloved Community While Working to Decarbonize Buildings by Mark Jones with Andrew Himes The Central District is an historically Black neighborhood in Seattle. Its proximity to downtown...
Carbon Positive RESET!
There has never been a greater urgency for climate action. by Ed Mazria and Natasha BalwitArchitecture 2030 We are in a race to find solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, and...
Structural Engineers Challenged to Eliminate Embodied Carbon by 2050
In 2019, the Carbon Leadership Forum issued the SE 2050 Challenge: "All structural engineers shall understand, reduce and ultimately eliminate embodied carbon in their projects by 2050.” Recognizing...
The Delacorte Review: The Baller
Can attitude help save the planet? A frightened climate reporter meets an ex-basketball player with a serious game plan. By Audrey Gray Teammates surrounded Mazria in Los Angeles...bumping elbows...
CLF & Partner News
CLF adds new research staff to accelerate embodied carbon action
Introducing Steph Carlisle and Meghan Lewis Today, the CLF announced the addition of two new staff positions to bolster its mission to radically...
Building Green: Equity in Design and Construction: Seven Case Studies
From an affordable multifamily building to an iconic museum, these projects are designed and built to advance equity, diversity, and...
Building Green: Re-forming the Building Industry: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
People from marginalized communities are shockingly underrepresented in the U.S. building industry. It’s past time to change that. by Paula...
The Structural Engineer: Profile of Kate Simonen
The June 2020 issue of The Structural Engineer, monthly publication of the UK's Institution of Structural Engineers, was themed "Climate Emergency:...
Tech Giants Team Up to Support EC3 Tool and “Building Transparency”
Nonprofit is created to scale up the impact of the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator In an unprecedented collaboration, five technology...
Living Building Chronicle Interview with Kate Simonen: “COVID-19 Won’t Slow Progress on Embodied Carbon”
by Ken Edelstein - May 26, 2020 Kate Simonen has been a leading voice for reducing embodied carbon in buildings for more than a decade. She tackled...
Crosscut: Wooden high-rises don’t guarantee reduced emissions
Cross-laminated timber building could help fight climate change. But its threat to ecosystems could make it a mixed blessing. by Peter Fairley Last...
Canadian Architect: What can we do about embodied carbon?
The architecture community is abuzz with talk about reducing embodied carbon in buildings. We asked Jennifer O’Connor, president of the Athena...
CLF Director Kate Simonen wins UW Sustainability Husky Green Award
2020 Husky Green Award recognizes individuals and groups who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to campus sustainability at the...
Metropolis: Mass Timber Building Puts Spokane, Washington on the Map as a Leader in Carbon-Neutral Building
The project uses cross-laminated timber (CLT) to build one of the nation’s largest buildings to contain zero embodied carbon emissions, validated by...
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