ESG Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

Construction decarbonization software startup Tangible announced that it has raised $3 million in a funding round, with proceeds from the funding round aimed at reducing embodied carbon in the construction and real estate industries. Tostar said: Although embodied carbon is still a novel concept in the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2022

Meanwhile, Arup and Skanska raise the bar on embodied carbon.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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 →

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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.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 22, 2025

Trane Technologies recently became the first company in its industry to commit to a 40% reduction in embodied carbon by partnering with material suppliers and incorporating circular design criteria, addressing the significant carbon footprint of buildings.

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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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ESG Today

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The company also recently announced a target to reduce embodied carbon, or greenhouse gas emissions associated with a products lifecycle, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and recycling of materials and products, by 40% by 2030.

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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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In September, the company became the first in its industry to commit to a 40% reduction in embodied carbon by partnering with material suppliers and incorporating circular design criteria, addressing the significant carbon footprint of buildings.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Between 2019 and 2023, the study observed a total carbon emission reduction of 65tCO2e/y, roughly 60 times the actual embodied carbon footprint of the AI system deployed. The study examined over 87 educational properties in Stockholm, Sweden, over an extended period under real-world conditions.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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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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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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 16, 2025

Consistent with the International Energy Agencys zero carbon buildings approach , homes built through the strategy aim to be energy efficient, fully electric and capable of being powered by renewables while driving reductions in embodied carbon.

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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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