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Needham forms embodied‑carbon working group to study municipal buildings
Summary
Committee members agreed to form a narrow working group to research embodied carbon in existing municipal buildings and deliver an educational primer and potential municipal recommendations.
The Climate Action Committee agreed Jan. 9 to stand up a focused working group on embodied carbon in the built environment, with an initial charge to research and explain the concept and to propose municipal recommendations if warranted.
Nut graf: Members said the topic is broad and technically detailed, so the first task should be education: defining embodied carbon, cataloging municipal priorities and practices in peer communities, and producing a primer that could lead to policies for town municipal buildings but would avoid recommending changes to state building codes.
Steven (committee member) said the…
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