Using the CARE Tool to Calculate Carbon Savings from Reuse (Forum Webinar)
Channel: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Date: 2023-05-23

This webinar was recorded on May 23, 2023. 


Are you looking for help to make the climate case for saving and reusing an older building? Join this webinar to learn about the newly released Carbon Avoided Reuse Estimator (“CARE Tool”). The CARE Tool estimates the operational and embodied carbon emissions associated with reusing and upgrading an existing building or replacing it with new construction. This innovative carbon calculator can be used by policymakers, planners, building owners, developers, heritage building officers, architects, educators, and others who are interested in a pre- or early-design, high-level assessment of the total carbon emissions of building reuse versus replacement. Hear from the developers of this new resource and learn how it can inform decision-making about the buildings and places you care about.


This session is a follow-up to a previous webinar, held in April 2022, that introduced an early, beta version of the CARE Tool. Learn about the new version is now ready for use in your community and see how early adopters have implemented CARE to make the case for reuse!

Care Tool: caretool.org

Presented in partnership with Architecture 2030, and the Preservation Priorities Task Force.