"Carbon"

Carbon / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Wood and organic materials

Mid-rise construction time-lapse video with CLT & glulam beams

...carbon was sequestered in the timber construction, leading to a significant reduction in the embodied carbon of this mid-rise development. The building featured in the time-lapse video of the construction of Arbora also comprised retail space on the ground floor of this first of three buildings. Building mid-rise proje...

Wood and organic materials

The construction of mid-rise residential buildings in Canada - wood or concrete?

...carbon construction and bio-economic development in Canada - especially for mid-rise buildings: View the wood mid-rise construction time-lapse video for Arbora LCA for buildings - wood v concrete v steel - embodied carbon Which is better, OSB or plywood - for roofs, walls and floors? The best lumber choices for...

Concrete and masonry

Gabion walls - what is a gabion cage & how to build with them?

...Carbon footprint of gabion walls Gabion walls really do have a significantly lower carbon footprint than a concrete wall. Taking into account the embodied energy for the carbon footprint of a 10 foot high wall through all stages of it's life (manufacturing, transport, construction and maintenance) - here are the compa...

Lifestyle and environment

Save the whale's (poop) - Save the planet !! (And $2m per whale)

...carbon reduction, carbon sequestration & carbon offset schemes are becoming big business as cities, states and countries scramble to meet carbon reduction goals. If Chami & Fishbach have their way, these leviathans of the ocean may constitute a giant natural carbon offset business opportunity! Any schemes to in...

Concrete and masonry

Low-carbon concrete by CarbonCure Canada - lowering the carbon footprint of buildings

...carbon footprint in the built environment in the quest for zero carbon homes - and now a Canadian company may have the answer with a carbon-sequestering concrete system that appears to have the attributes ideal for general use across all building sectors, and that is gaining fans in the green building community. Is Car...

Planning and Design

Calculating the carbon footprint of buildings, introducing The EC3 Calculator from Skanska

...carbon emissions. However, while operational carbon is important, we are only addressing part of the carbon reduction challenge. Calculate the Carbon Footprint of Buildings with The EC3 Calculator Carbon footprint versus life cycle analysis For its part, the carbon footprint focuses only on the greenhouse gases (GHG...