Resources

Carbon Leadership Forum

• Online Community: Join like-minded professionals here for discussion and support.

• Events Calendar: See upcoming global events as well as other local hubs' scheduled events.

• YouTube Channel: See recordings of past webinars and events.

Professional Associations

• Architecture 2030 | Embodied Carbon: Targets and strategies for the architecture community to eliminate embodied carbon.

  • • YouTube channel: Includes recordings from the RESET! conference on carbon positive architecture and construction.

• SE 2050: The structural engineering profession's commitment to eliminating embodied carbon.

  • • ECOM Tool: Interactive tool to estimate the embodied carbon emissions of structural materials.

• Landscape Performance: Tools and case studies for sustainable landscape architecture.

Codes & Policy

• Marin County: First embodied carbon building code in the U.S. This pilot project includes code language and supporting resources such as sample specifications.

• Buy Clean California: Legislation requiring the disclosure of and limits on emissions from structural materials on public projects.

• Buy Clean Washington: CLF research supporting Buy Clean standards for Washington State.

• Zero Emissions Buildings | Vancouver: Green building codes for the City of Vancouver, including embodied carbon standards.

• Hastings, New York [video]: Webinar describing a pilot ordinance and project to reduce carbon emissions from concrete construction in the Village of Hastings.

Other

• Carbon Smart Materials Palette: Guide to selecting low-carbon or carbon sink materials across a variety of building material categories.

• LECC: Advocacy group for the concrete industry and for local legislation requiring low-carbon concrete.