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New tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

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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Wood You Believe: Mass Timber Leading a Renaissance in Modern Construction

3BL Media

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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Building better: Making the transition from operational carbon to embodied carbon measurement

Envirotec Magazine

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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Why carbon tracking and reporting is necessary to hold corporations accountable

GreenBiz

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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Trane Technologies Named to S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices

3BL Media

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. For more information, visit: www.spglobal.com/spdji.

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The rental market has a carbon problem - here's how to solve it

Corporate Knights

When you think about all the embodied carbon in the concrete that gets knocked down or landfilled and doesn’t get recycled, it’s hugely destructive and very environmentally unfriendly.” Even in climate- and rental-friendly jurisdictions, like Germany, the payback on energy retrofits is difficult to realize. “We

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Reaching for net zero in Canada’s built environment

Corporate Knights

There are two key things to focus on when talking about the existing buildings: 1) Existing buildings contain a lot of embodied carbon that we cannot afford to waste by demolishing the building. For more information, visit: [link] The post Reaching for net zero in Canada’s built environment appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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