For 12 years, LPA and Edwards Lifesciences (ELS) have been collaborating on the expansion of the medical technology company’s 42-acre campus in Irvine, Calif., designing each element around evolving ...

This is upfront embodied carbon, and it represents one of the most significant environmental impacts specifiers can control, ...

Sustainable architecture is becoming more important than ever as the AEC industry is working to reach carbon reduction and sustainability targets. The presentation discusses standards, guidance, data ...

The embodied carbon (EC) intensity in core and shell industrial buildings in the U.S. averages 23.0 kilograms per sf, according to a recent analysis of 26 whole building life-cycle assessments. That ...

How does the building industry align around radical, pragmatic decarbonization? Along with addressing climate pollution from energy use, we also must address the climate pollution that comes from ...

The scope of the committee's work is focused on three primary documents: ASCE 7, ACI 318 and the AISC Steel Manual. A team of 10 practicing civil and structural engineers and academics has launched an ...

An amendment to the California building code going into effect July 1 will require owners of new buildings 100K SF or larger to comply with a set of rules aimed at reducing embodied carbon. This ...

California became the first state in the nation to codify limits on embodied carbon in buildings, a move experts say is crucial for mitigating climate change. Earlier this month, the California ...

This study presents a hybrid binder that lowers embodied carbon by 45% and boosts concrete strength and durability using ...

Registration closes on June 1st. The Structural Engineering Institute, and the University of Colorado Boulder Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering have partnered to host a ...

The fires across Canada this summer have devastated natural ecosystems and caused air pollution across borders. Image © Landon Parenteau on Unsplash Although ...