measuring embodied carbon
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The New “Greenwashing”
How we hold developers accountable for their sustainability claims is critical, up to a point
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RMI’s Green Upgrade Calculator
Building pros now have a tool for measuring the carbon costs and savings of various home energy upgrades—from insulation to induction to transportation
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A Primer on Performing Life Cycle Assessments
Understanding LCAs can help inform a building project’s outcomes and environmental impacts
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The CARE Tool: Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator
How Architecture 2030’s new software enables builders to reduce embodied carbon and find reuse solutions
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Using the BEAM Estimator
Comparing two house plans reveals how the new carbon calculator can help reduce a project’s emissions
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A Better Way for Carbon Accounting
Open standards and data formats will help shift the way greenhouse gas emissions are tracked
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The BS* + Beer Show: The BEAM Estimator
A new tool for measuring the up-front carbon emissions of our building projects
