Ultima LEC delivers a 43% reduction in embodied carbon utilizing new technology that includes sustainably sourced, wood-generated biochar. Ultima LEC panels are USDA verified 100% biobased content.
Understanding your project’s carbon footprint, which measures the total greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities, is crucial.
This calculation impacts the environment and the project’s long-term viability and compliance with increasingly stringent global regulations.
Vitro Architectural Glass announced it has updated its third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) so that its architectural glass products all meet the Top 20 percent Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material category based on standards set by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
Dow announced their collaboration with Circusil LLC to establish their first commercial-scale silicone recycling plant in North America, set to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2024.
NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete—with a mission to drive education, awareness, and adoption of carbon-neutral concrete materials and technologies—announced the detailed plans for $6B of investments in the U.S. industrial sector by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The U.S. General Services Administration recently awarded over $10 million to select windows made of low embodied carbon glass to be featured in an existing renovation project at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse and Annex buildings in Richmond, Virginia.
The UK-basedBuilding Research Establishment, Green Building Council of Australia and theU.S. Green Building Council have announced an industry-first, international alliance to unlock the sustainable finance needed for the built environment to play its role in meeting global climate goals.
While much attention has historically been focused on operational carbon emissions generated during a building's lifecycle, the significance of embodied carbon cannot be overstated.
