Though they may be comprised of seemingly permanent materials such as concrete, masonry, metal, glass, or wood, our buildings slowly deteriorate; or may be adapted to changing needs; they may be gutted, expanded, or sometimes even contracted.
Singapore Sports Hub is first and largest Public-Private-Partnership sports facility infrastructure project in the world and first property owner collaboration under Dow’s carbon partnership with the IOC.
Building Enclosure’s Editor, Lindsay Lewis, sits down with Daniel Overbey, the Director of Sustainability for Browning Day, to discuss a hot topic as of late: embodied carbon.
Companies can design their buildings to promote environmentally friendly transportation methods, lessening their contribution to ecological destruction.
It is time for building design professionals to track and report the embodied carbon of their projects.
Embodied carbon refers to the carbon dioxide emitted during the manufacture, transport, and construction of buildings materials, together with end-of-life emissions
The study compares different wall systems and their impact on embodied carbon to help building owners and architects make more informed materials selection
Study conducted by architectural firm KieranTimberlake finds Kingspan QuadCore panels contain
far lower levels of embodied carbon than concrete, mineral wool alternatives.
Unlike operational carbon, which can be reduced throughout a building’s lifetime, embodied carbon is locked in as soon as a building is constructed. As such, tracking embodied carbon is critical
