BBBC22 Materials Matter  - Embodied Carbon
Channel: Sustainable Buildings Canada
Date: 2022-08-31

We hear a lot about operational carbon  - the carbon used by all of the building systems to run a building.  More and more, though, we are understanding that it's not just the running of the building that impacts the earth, but the sum of all the decisions that come when designing, building, renovating and eventually destroying a building that matter too: it's materials choices, manufacturing processes, transportation, building practices, waste, etc. all have an enormous impact. In this talk you'll get a frank and easy to understand explanation of where embodied carbon comes from, and how we are beginning to measure and consider its impact.