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Embodied Carbon Related Topics 
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A retrospective study of Portland’s iconic Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building sheds light on how the design and construction industry can do more to combat global warming.
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GreenBiz
AUGUST 12, 2021
The most important climate solution you’ve never heard of.
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3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Embodied carbon in the built environment Buildings are responsible for almost 40% of global energy and related carbon emissions: 28% from operational emissions—the energy needed to heat, cool and power them—and 11% from materials and construction. And there is no decarbonizing our economy without decarbonizing buildings.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Embodied carbon, building data and collaboration were the dominant themes last week at Greenbuild.
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3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
September 23, 2024 /3BL/ - Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, today announced a commitment to reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2030, an industry first. Buildings are currently responsible for 40% of global energy related carbon emissions.
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3BL Media
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Cal Krause connects to our purpose through his work as an embodied carbon specialist in our Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (CEES). Reducing embodied carbon Companies across the globe are actively working to reduce operational emissions, but what about the carbon already “embodied” in key materials?
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Lower-carbon materials? Investments build for startups addressing embodied carbon emissions in the built environment. Got prefab?
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Renew Economy
AUGUST 28, 2024
New research shows we can greatly reduce embodied carbon, but it will require radical changes in how we design, construct, use and reuse buildings. To cut the carbon that goes into buildings we need radical change appeared first on RenewEconomy. The post How low can we go?
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GreenBiz
MARCH 31, 2022
Meanwhile, Arup and Skanska raise the bar on embodied carbon.
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3BL Media
OCTOBER 30, 2024
today unveiled CarbonLow™, a new line of low-carbon gypsum wallboard to be sold in Canada starting in 2025. With up to 60% less embodied carbon cradle-to-gate than traditional alternatives, CarbonLow™ will allow contractors and homeowners to utilize the quality CertainTeed solutions they trust, while reducing their environmental footprint.
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 29, 2021
Simultaneously, the built environment is working on lowering the embodied carbon of buildings — emissions from the manufacture of building materials — which make up about 11 percent of total global emissions. We focused on the United Kingdom, where embodied carbon and reuse of building materials is at the forefront of discussions.
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Science Daily / Earth & Environment
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The impact of embodied carbon in the built environment has been difficult to assess, due to a lack of data. To address that knowledge gap civil and environmental engineers have created a new tool to analyze the embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago.
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Saint-Gobain North America must reach key milestones by 2030. In our latest episode of Journey to 2030, we discuss how net-zero carbon is achievable. Having the first zero-carbon gypsum plant in North America is just the beginning.
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Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 26, 2023
core and shell buildings, the average embodied carbon intensity was about 50 pounds of carbon per square foot. The BranchPattern report found that of 26 industrial U.S.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2021
Most of the carbon footprint for steel companies comes from Scope 3 emissions, emissions from suppliers downstream, as is the case with many businesses. According to Joshua Davies, sustainability manager for Multiplex Europe, 42 percent of his company’s overall 2019 footprint came from embodied carbon from its suppliers.
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Renewable Energy World
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Understanding the difference between embodied and operational carbon is crucial when planning and designing greener alternatives for your buildings. Embodied carbon is all the CO2 emitted in the production of the building. In the case of rebuilds, demolition adds to the embodied carbon of a site.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
OCTOBER 16, 2022
trillion in infrastructure spending needed per year until 2050 will go toward new construction—offering opportunities to fight climate change by reducing embodied emissions. Three-quarters of the $9.2
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Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
This guide highlights six key opportunities to reduce embodied carbon in concrete products without compromising financial or material performance. The Concrete Solutions Guide provides a user-friendly overview of proven and scalable solutions to reduce concrete’s contribution to climate change. … Read more →
3BL Media
JULY 26, 2022
Reducing Embodied Carbon. For WSP and most of its clients and stakeholders, interest in mass timber is being driven primarily by a concern for reducing embodied carbon in buildings. To view the firm’s Embodied Carbon Action Plan, click here. [To Industry groups and professional organizations in the U.S.
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 22, 2024
As we decarbonise the grid, and as our buildings become more energy efficient, we will reach the stage where operational carbon will no longer be the focus. In its place will be embodied carbon. Embodied carbon refers to all the CO2 emitted; not just from the time of construction and onwards, but the entire lifetime.
Corporate Knights
AUGUST 12, 2022
Another feature: that 1 Hotels aims to reduce embodied carbon by using existing buildings where possible. “We We always try to look for buildings to repurpose, so we can try to address embodied carbon, even though we might not always be able to offset the total of our embodied carbon,” Hanson says. “We
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 7, 2021
Evaluating energy use and the associated carbon impact needs to take place in real time, given that the mix of power generation on the grid changes frequently, and transmission and other constraints may limit the availability of renewable energy that a building is deemed to have purchased.
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ESG Today
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Microsoft revealed a series of initiatives aimed at reducing the embodied carbon footprint of its datacenters, including pioneering the use of wood in construction to replace steel and concrete. The new initiatives come as Microsoft looks to address the growing emissions impact of its rapidly expanding datacenter footprints.
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3BL Media
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
In September, Trane Technologies became the first in its industry to commit to reducing embodied carbon by 40%. Buildings account for 40% of global carbon emissions, making the reduction of embodied carbon—greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product's lifecycle—crucial for lowering their overall carbon footprint.
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3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
On this episode, learn about embodied emissions; carbon embedded in the materials used in the construction of a building. Today, new buildings are increasingly more energy-efficient, which means that the estimated share of embodied carbon throughout the building’s lifecycle are increasing.
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Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 17, 2023
Embodied carbon, or the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with building materials from extraction through end-of-life and disposal/reuse, makes up more than 11% of global emissions. Embodied carbon emissions are not part of the energy efficiency regulated by the energy code.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
HVAC and climate control solutions company Trane Technologies announced today a new commitment to reduce embodied carbon – greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product’s lifecycle, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and recycling of materials and products – by 40% by 2030.
Green Technology
APRIL 4, 2023
Forum Floorplan Advisory Board Register to Attend 2022 CALGreen Intervening Code Cycle: Reducing California’s Embodied Carbon The Division of the State Architect will present the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) proposals to reduce embodied carbon in construction materials.
3BL Media
MAY 16, 2024
The initial reason I was brought into this role was to evaluate ways for us to meet our 2030 sustainability goals, finding more sustainable materials to lower our embodied carbon footprint. Asphalt has an impact on the embodied carbon of our shingle product.
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Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Read the full story from Gensler. As companies begin renovations to accommodate hybrid work environments, what considerations are being made for materials being removed from the project site?
Sustainability Matters
AUGUST 31, 2023
In October this year the new Sustainable Buildings State Environmental Planning Policy will require architects and developers in NSW to start measuring the embodied carbon in their designs as Australia seeks to transition to a low-carbon built environment. What is embodied carbon?
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
AWS has worked with various companies in its supply chain to ensure that 70% of the structural steel used in several of its data centers in Sweden are derived from scrap-EAF sources, resulting in 10,000 fewer tons of embodied carbon emissions, the company said.
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3BL Media
MARCH 9, 2022
That means we must bet on lower embodied carbon solutions, advancements in the circular economy, and safer by design innovation. We think that one day all buildings need to emit zero operational and embodied carbon, need to participate in a completely circular economy, and need to be made from green chemistry materials.
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Utiliity Dive
JANUARY 27, 2023
After reducing energy use in buildings, cutting embodied carbon is next on the green policy agenda for state and local leaders, potentially prompting a shift from concrete and steel to materials like timber or straw, experts say.
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Recently, Tew played a pivotal role in Trane Technologies’ industry-first commitment to reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2030. This recognition is a testament to Scott's dedication and the impactful strides we are making toward a more sustainable future."
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3BL Media
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Early in the design process, an HGA structural analysis estimated that a timber frame system would reduce the buildings’ embodied carbon footprint by approximately 75 percent when compared to a traditional steel structure. Consigli began construction of both buildings in April 2021.
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ESG Today
MARCH 20, 2024
Steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Mercedes-Benz to supply low-embodied carbon steel for the automaker’s production plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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3BL Media
MARCH 29, 2024
We're now starting to talk about water efficiency, waste, embodied carbon, and nature repair. Their priorities commonly revolve around energy, water and waste efficiencies. Energy efficiency is essentially the old sustainability game that's becoming more mature. Read more on the CBRE website
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3BL Media
MAY 17, 2022
Our awesome innovators have delivered some incredible innovations recently that are enabling huge reductions in embodied carbon and GHG emissions associated with our Styrofoam™ Brand Insulation and Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam products. How has your team’s innovation helped advance DuPont’s sustainability goals?
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3BL Media
APRIL 22, 2024
Consumer & Residential: FLOR, for their Carbon Negative Area Rugs. Software & Cloud: Building Transparency for the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3). Products: Business & Infrastructure: Allonnia, for the revolutionary Allonnia 1,4 D-Stroy.
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Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
As the social justice movement thrives and the concept of embodied carbon shifts the climate conversation, architects and designers are reexamining the deep impact of their work. Read the full story at Metropolis. Read more →
Environmental News Bits
MAY 16, 2022
Figuring out the operating carbon emissions is straightforward as well. But what about the embodied carbon—the upfront carbon emitted when building … Continue reading Total carbon footprint of a North American home is more than you think.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Embodied carbon identified in latest GRESB real estate benchmark results as major gap in net zero plans. According to Ollie Morris, Sustainability Asset Advisory Lead at real estate investor CBRE , the failure to take account of embodied carbon will make a material difference to achieving net zero.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Although every building is unique, retrofitting an existing building versus building a new design can cut lifetime carbon emissions in half. To meet emissions targets, we must focus on measures with a low carbon footprint, a quick return on upfront emissions, and a low operational profile. So, where do you begin?
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