The past decade has seen significant growth in the adoption of embodied carbon policies, often referred to as Buy Clean or Clean Construction policies, for infrastructure projects. Most of these policies focus on the upfront emissions associated with manufacturing construction materials. In contrast, the Envision embodied carbon credit (CR1.1) requires project teams to evaluate and reduce net embodied carbon over the life of the project. This more holistic approach opens up the playbook in terms of potential embodied carbon reduction strategies, but adds complexity to calculating embodied carbon reductions and demonstrating compliance with the credit requirements.

During this webinar, we’ll explore the details of the Envision embodied carbon credit, touching on the process of calculating embodied carbon emissions, setting a baseline, and demonstrating reductions achieved. This will be followed by a case study from an Envision Platinum project that utilized the CR1.1 credit as the framework to reduce embodied carbon and realize project cost savings by reusing materials, using efficient transportation modes for materials, specifying lower carbon materials, and extending design life.