Event Description

Reducing embodied carbon emissions is one of the most urgent opportunities we have today in reducing the footprint of our built spaces as building materials manufacturing makes up 11% of total GHG emissions annually.

The Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) is a free and easy to use tool that allows building industry professionals and leaders to assess supply chain data in order to create EPD requirements, and set embodied carbon limits and reductions, at the construction material and project scale.

During this session, Stacy Smedley, Executive Director of Building Transparency, the nonprofit organization that hosts, manages and maintains EC3, will explain the urgent need to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of our building materials and products, the breakthrough represented by this open source tool, and how EC3 supports low-carbon material procurement.

Lessons Learned:

1. Attendees will be able to define embodied carbon and the importance of reducing its emissions through the careful selection of building materials and products and how fits in with LEED BD+C MR Building life-cycle impact reduction
2. Attendees will be able to identify specific steps that they can take to reduce the embodied carbon emissions associated with their projects and achieve LEED BD+C V4 Homes Innovation: Building product disclosure and optimization – environmental product declarations
3. Attendees will understand how the EC3 tool supports carbon reduction needs.
4. Attendees will be able to measure and compare embodied carbon reductions per material category and attempt to achieve LEED BD+C MR Building life-cycle impact reduction