Committee debates embodied-carbon reporting for materials; staff flags implementation complexity

Nov 21, 2024

Board members discussed whether to require embodied-carbon data sheets for building materials; committee members warned data collection (concrete volumes, lumber origins) would be burdensome and staff said the cohort is still exploring approaches.

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At the meeting a staff member raised the cohort's question about whether communities should require embodied-carbon reporting for materials entering a building, describing it as ‘‘data sheets on the materials that are coming into the building’’ that would report embodied carbon.

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