Leveraging Envision Credit CR1.1 to Quantify and Reduce Embodied Carbon

Leveraging Envision Credit CR1.1 to Quantify and Reduce Embodied Carbon

Wednesday, July 22, 2026
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

ENV SP Credential Maintenance hours: 1 Elective hour

Qualification Credentials: APA, RCEP PDH

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.   
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Learning Objectives

  1. Understand what embodied carbon is and how it relates to infrastructure design and construction.  
  2. Identify potential data sources (e.g., EPDs, LCI datasets) and tools (e.g., carbon budgets and Whole Project LCAs) for calculating embodied carbon.   
  3. Evaluate potential strategies to achieve embodied carbon reductions for your project to achieve CR1.1.  
  4. Learn how the CR1.1 credit was used to achieve performance in other Envision credits from an Envision Platinum project.  

Webinar Presenters:

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Joseph Shacat, MS, MBA 
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Construction 
ERG

Joseph has nearly 20 years of experience in sustainability and environmental compliance focused primarily on the construction sector. He has worked in a variety of roles including industry, trade association, agency, and consultant, providing a broad range of perspectives that inform and contextualize his work.  

Joseph is a leading expert in embodied carbon and environmental product declarations (EPDs). He has experience managing EPD programs, integrating EPDs into embodied carbon policies, and educating stakeholders about the development and use of EPDs in the construction sector. One element that consistently appears throughout his career is partnerships and coalitions, recognizing that we can accomplish more by finding common ground among diverse stakeholders and working towards mutually beneficial outcomes.  

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Peter Bacas
Senior Manager, Standards & Sustainable Strategies 
ERG 

Peter has over 6 years of experience in embodied carbon and sustainability in the construction industry and is a leading expert on integrating EPDs into sustainable procurement programs. He has deep experience implementing embodied carbon metrics, requirements, and policy focused on EPDs and LCAs through previous roles at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

Peter brings a sophisticated understanding of how specifications, standards, and verification systems work together to support credible and implementable low‑carbon materials programs. His work developing agency‑wide EPD requirements, GHG thresholds, and quality‑assurance processes for organizations such as PANYNJ and EPA reflects both technical depth and policy fluency. 

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Katherine Hansen, EIT, ENV SP
Civil Engineer
Stantec

Katherine is a Civil Engineer working at Stantec Consulting with broad experience in climate mitigation and adaptation projects throughout New York City’s infrastructure sector. Her work includes resilience design projects for waterfront development and critical facilities, embodied carbon reduction plans, and developing resilient design guidelines for climate adaptation. Katherine led the design for the Battery’s drainage improvements, green infrastructure design, material reuse, and embodied carbon reduction program as well as the Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis.