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Introducing Andrew Himes
by Andrew Himes, Director of Collective Impact In October I happily joined the Carbon Leadership Forum staff in a new permanent position as Director of Collective Impact. Some of you may know that I...
Looking Ahead to Embodied Carbon Policy Action in 2021
by Meghan LewisCLF Research Scientist As the tools and expertise available to measure and reduce embodied carbon have expanded, the urgency has shifted necessarily away from basic understanding of...
Learning About Forests, Carbon, and Wood
Wood Carbon Seminars: A CLF Learning Series by Monica Huang Research Engineer, Carbon Leadership Forum In April 2020 we launched the Wood Carbon Seminars, an 8-week webinar series that invited wood...
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...
Origins: 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 Barrera...
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...
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...
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 MeltonOriginally published by BuildingGreen...
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...
Impact-Driven, Carbon-Storing Architecture
MASS Design is on a mission to research, build, and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity Feature story by Tina Dilegge Surrounded by gardens, terraces and courtyards on...
How I Became a Champion of Embodied Carbon
by Christie Gamble, Senior Director of Sustainability, CarbonCure TechnologiesAs the Senior Director of Sustainability at CarbonCure Technologies and a Board Member of the Carbon Leadership Forum, I...
Massachusetts Teenagers Take the Lead on Embodied Carbon
The Waring School’s Brickwolves Robotics Team developed a Student Carbon Calculator Curriculum to empower students with information about embodied carbon by Charlie Pound (8th grade), a member of...
Foundations Critical to the EC3 Tool’s Development
Since its beta release at Greenbuild in November, the EC3 tool has generated interest and enthusiasm across the industry, leading to multiple news articles, testimonials, and meetups of industry...
Building a Carbon Smart Community with Legos
by Andrew Himes, Carbon Leadership Forum What can a team of 6th-graders from Redmond, Washington tell us about climate change, embodied carbon emissions from building construction, and the potential...
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