Fast Tracked
To meet the ambitious climate targets ahead, designers, developers, and construction firms need common standards. And soon.
By Timothy A. Schuler
Climate Positive Design, whose Pathfinder platform is another emissions calculator, is among the ECHO Project?s participants. Image courtesy Climate Positive Design.
As municipal governments, developers, universities, and corporations begin to collect emissions data, either voluntarily or to comply with local regulations, experts say that the building sector will need better standards for reporting embodied carbon data. ?We need to be aligned at the highest levels of guidance and leadership, or else it?s going to lose its impact,? says Pamela Conrad, ASLA, the founder of Climate Positive Design and the creative force behind Pathfinder, a free carbon calculator designed for landscape architects (see ?The Plus Side,? LAM, October 2020). Currently, design professionals who have climate commitments lack a standardized way to report embodied carbon emissions, which prevents owners from being able to quickly and easily get a full picture of a project?s carbon footprint. ?There?s different tools, and they all report data a little bit differently,? says Kate Simonen, a professor of architecture at the University of Washington and the founding director of the Carbon Leadership Forum. Reporting methodologies can vary based on the unit of measurement, estimated project life span, or how a project?s area is defined. ?For example, a landscap...
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