Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions come from two sources: using things (known as operational emissions) and making things (embodied emissions). For a familiar example of the first kind, your home probably ...

In order to start integrating embodied carbon studies into projects to meet sustainability goals, it is important to consider many factors such as carbon (kgCO2e) values, and what typical ranges of ...

Description: Designed for structural engineers but welcoming to all, this session provides a focused introduction to embodied carbon in buildings. Participants will learn how to define and apply ...

Now it’s time for the building industry, characterized by a lack of information around the materials and practices used in construction and throughout a building’s lifecycle, to catch up. The cost of ...

Embodied carbon is the hidden environmental footprint of the built environment. Explore how suppliers, manufacturers and sustainability leaders can reduce that footprint through innovation and ...

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Buildings are one of our biggest contributors to global heating. They produce 37% of all greenhouse gas emissions from energy use and production processes. Building emissions are made up of two parts: ...

Embodied carbon is most often used in the context of the built environment, where it is presumed to include emissions from raw material extraction, transportation of materials, materials wasted, ...

For more than 30 years, Passive House principles have been a valuable guide to making buildings energy efficient. But now, with steady improvements in our understanding of embodied carbon—the carbon ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BranchPattern, a national sustainability and engineering firm, has released its highly anticipated 2024 Embodied Carbon Benchmark Study – Version 2, offering new ...

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 ...

Registration closes on June 1st. The Structural Engineering Institute, and the University of Colorado Boulder Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering have partnered to host a ...