Who funds Building Transparency?

Climate Change

A-104 The carbon results framework project: the goal of the ec3 tool project is to transform building construction by transparently measuring comparing and reducing embodied carbon emission from construction materials. each year the built environment contributes almost 40% of co2 emission worldwide and it is estimated that there will be a doubling of the amount of building floorspace in the next 40 years. at least half of the carbon footprint of these new building will take the form of embodied carbon in the emissions associated with the building construction including extracting transporting manufacturing and installing building materials. as a result owners designers engineers and contactors are turning their attention to building material seeking information on these products so they can make informed smart choices. the ec3 tool would enable the building industry to easily access and view material carbon emissions data.

Climate Change

A-104 The carbon results framework project: the goal of the ec3 tool project is to transform building construction by transparently measuring comparing and reducing embodied carbon emission from construction materials. each year the built environment contributes almost 40% of co2 emission worldwide and it is estimated that there will be a doubling of the amount of building floorspace in the next 40 years. at least half of the carbon footprint of these new building will take the form of embodied carbon in the emissions associated with the building construction including extracting transporting manufacturing and installing building materials. as a result owners designers engineers and contactors are turning their attention to building material seeking information on these products so they can make informed smart choices. the ec3 tool would enable the building industry to easily access and view material carbon emissions data.

Climate Change

Climate Change

A-104 The Carbon Results Framework Project: The goal of the EC3 tool project is to transform building construction by transparently measuring comparing and reducing embodied carbon emissions from construction materials. Each year the built environment contributes almost 40% of CO2 emissions worldwide and it is estimated that there will be a doubling of the amount of building floorspace in the next 40 years. At least half of the carbon footprint of these new buildings will take the form of embodied carbon the emissions associated with building construction including extracting transporting manufacturing and installing building materials. As a result owners designers engineers and contractors are turning their attention to building materials and seeking information on these products so they can make informed smart choices. The EC3 tool would enable the building industry to easily access and view material carbon emissions data.

Research Grant Agreement A-103 relates to creating a free open access North American Life Cycle Inventory LCI database of high impact building materials.A free and open access North American LCI database is a missing element in being able to create a reference building's embodied carbon footprint early within a design process. A reference building benchmark is what design and construction innovations on a project by project basis can be compared against. The database promotes innovations especially when considering lower carbon footprints of materials and construction.

Research Grant Agreement A-103 relates to creating a free open access North American Life Cycle Inventory LCI database of high impact building materials. A free and open access North American LCI database is a missing element in being able to create a reference building's embodied carbon footprint early within a design process. A reference building benchmark is what design and construction innovations on a project by project basis can be compared against. The database promotes innovations especially when considering lower carbon footprints of materials and construction.