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, ...

Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has published updated versions of its Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for both flat and processed glass. These updates reaffirm that Vitro’s ...

Rarely used voided slab system cut concrete volume by 1,300 cu yd over a conventional system, at Tempe, Ariz., project. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos. Walking to work one November morning, ...

According to Architecture 2030, concrete is responsible for 8% of total global emissions, with 90% of those emissions coming directly from the cement content itself. This can be a shocking statistic ...

Over the last few years, the genesis of the environmental product declaration (EPD) within the asphalt industry, as well as its continued rise in importance for producer and pavers who work on Federal ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that provides open access data and tools to foster a better building future, and One Click LCA, a world-leading construction ...

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 ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that provides open access data and tools to foster a better building future, today unveils its roadmap to scale embodied ...

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 ...

Concrete has a high embodied carbon rate. This month, the state of New York took action to reduce the amount of concrete used in state proejcts. (Bannafarsai_Stock ...

Ljubomir Jankovic received funding from EPSRC, EU, EUREKA, ARTEMIS, KTP, Innovate UK, Research England, and AHRC. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions come from two sources: using things (known as ...