States Act to Reduce Embodied Carbon in Public Procurement
by Meghan LewisSenior Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum States are taking big steps on embodied carbon action this legislative session. Procurement policies related to embodied carbon were introduced in eight states in 2021, including Washington, Oregon,...
Six Months into the SEI SE 2050 Commitment
Structural Engineers Combine to Share Learning, Resources, and Ambitious Decarbonization Goals By Chris Jeseritz Chris Jeseritz is a project manager at PCS Structural Solutions and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) Structural Engineering...
Carbon Leadership Forum among Finalists Selected for $10 Million 2030 Climate Challenge
Grant Will Focus on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S. by 2030 SEATTLE, February 9, 2021 – Today, Lever for Change announced that the Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) and four other finalist teams will advance to the next stage of the 2030 Climate...
The US Federal Government Takes the Lead on Low Embodied Carbon Buildings
The Green Building Advisory Committee’s adoption of procurement principles will drive federal action on low embodied carbon building materials and approaches through the GSA, as well as the national market. Press Release from the Rocky Mountain InstituteBoulder, CO...
Zero Carbon: Can Built Environment Education Deliver?
JOINT EVENT Monday 8 February 2021, 9 – 10 am PST The climate emergency means the built environment will have to be zero carbon. All new buildings must be zero carbon by 2030 and the existing building stock will require significant retrofitting to be carbon neutral...
CLF Launches Embodied Carbon Policy Toolkit
Throughout 2020, the Carbon Leadership Forum invested significant resources in developing an array of resources to support effective embodied carbon policies. Capping that effort on January 1, 2021, the CLF announced the release of an Embodied Carbon Policy...
Resource Hub for Structural Engineers at SE2050
The SE2050 website aggregates a comprehensive set of resources for structural engineers working to decarbonize structures, including: Embodied Carbon Overview Structural Materials Strategies Tools and Data Case Studies ECOM - Embodied Carbon...
Embodied Carbon: A Clearer View of Carbon Emissions
International engineering firm Walter P Moore has released a groundbreaking stewardship report entitled Embodied Carbon, A Clearer View of Carbon Emissions. The report focuses on an issue of relevance for all material specifiers, which is the reduction of...
Architecture 2030 Open Letter Calls for Revised Carbon Emission Reduction Targets
The letter, written to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by Architecture 2030 founder Edward Mazria, says that "immediate actions are critical to accomplish the 65% emissions reduction target by 2030." The following is an open letter from Edward Mazria,...
Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront
The World Green Building Council’s pioneering report "Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront: Coordinated action for the building and construction sector to tackle embodied carbon" demands radical cross-sector coordination to revolutionize the buildings and construction...
Buildings & Cities: Embodied carbon in construction materials
Published in Buildings & Cities in the Special Collection: "Carbon metrics for buildings and cities" Publication date: September 2020 Authors: Brook Waldman, Monica Huang, Kathrina Simonen Abstract Embodied carbon constitutes a significant portion of a...
New WorldGBC report outlines how the Asia Pacific can build back better by tackling embodied carbon in built environment
By GRESB The World Green Building Council launches a new report outlining the climate and business benefits of tackling embodied carbon in Asia Pacific and calls for net zero emissions by 2050 in the built environment London, UK – The World Green Building Council...
Features
Wisconsin Girl Scouts on a Mission to Educate an Industry
Troops 1477 and 1952 Produce Educational Video on Embodied Carbon in Concreteby Julia PoolerLeader of Girl Scout Troop 1477 and 1952, Madison,...
The Embodied Carbon Challenge for India
Kickoff for CLF Bengaluru Outlines Opportunities for Collaboration and Actionby Abhinav Sujit Project director and architect for klimArt Pvt Ltd,...
Changing the World One City at a Time
CLF Regional Hubs Flourish in Philly, Phoenix, Minnesota, Seattle, Boston, Austin, Atlanta, Ottawa, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco,...
Six Months into the SEI SE 2050 Commitment
Structural Engineers Combine to Share Learning, Resources, and Ambitious Decarbonization Goals By Chris Jeseritz Chris Jeseritz is a project manager...
Drawdown Building: How New Frameworks Changed the Game
An unusual Vermont company works to strengthen the connection between the natural and built environments by Jacob Deva RacusinDesign Studio Director...
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