Tag: embodied carbon
January’s Free USGBC Course: Decarbonizing Materials
Each month in 2024, USGBC will offer one or two free green building education courses. For January, the free course focuses on using materials with low embodied carbon in LEED v5.
USGBC Launches Draft LEED v5 For Operations And Maintenance
LEED v5 O+M focuses on setting existing buildings on decarbonization path and addresses equity, health, ecosystems, and resilience
If Your Walls Could Talk—They’d Share Solutions For Reducing Carbon Emissions
In honor of Zero Emissions Day, see four ways the built environment can reduce its embodied carbon output.
Building Transparency Offers Tools To Address Climate Change
Led by tech and building leaders, the nonprofit provides open access data and tools that aim to reduce CO2 emitted in producing materials for the building industry.