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Start the year sustainably - easy EC switches

Monday January 10, 2022

In our Powder by Design newsletter, we have touched on embodied carbon and why it is an important consideration in building design. While operational carbon can be impacted over the life of the structure via new technologies and retrofits that improve energy efficiency, embodied carbon is essentially fixed once the building is erected. It can contribute to approximately half of the carbon footprint of the structure over its life. As the global design community continues to focus more on meeting the sustainable design goals for 2030, reducing embodied carbon is becoming a key focus for designers.