# Embodied Carbon Benchmarks Survey

**URL:** <https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949>\
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**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949 "2021-07-29T16:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rushyan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/rushyan/32/1150_2.png) [@Rushyan](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/Rushyan)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949/1 "2021-07-29T16:00:45Z")

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Hi Everyone! Does anyone have a good resource for whole-building embodied carbon benchmarks broken down by building use and building category (structure, foundation, envelope, interior)?  
I know of CLF’s 2017 Benchmark Study (great resource!) but are there any others?  
I know many architecture firms are creating their own internal benchmarks and there has been talk to combine them into an industry-wide resource. Has there been any movement on that initiative and if so how can I get involved? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![vkalfou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@vkalfou](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/vkalfou)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949/2 "2021-07-29T17:52:57Z")

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Hi!

At One Click LCA we’ve produced a few of these reports, maybe the following are of interest to you.

[Embodied Carbon Benchmark for European Buildings](https://www.oneclicklca.com/eu-embodied-carbon-benchmarks/)  
[The Embodied Carbon Review](https://www.oneclicklca.com/embodied-carbon-review/)  
[Decarbonizing Construction - Guidance for Developers and Investors to reduce embodied carbon](https://www.oneclicklca.com/decarbonizing-construction-report/)

We are always happy to discuss such projects so you can always shoot me an email at [vasilis.kalfountzos@bionova.fi](mailto:vasilis.kalfountzos@bionova.fi) !

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**Author:** ![Vaclav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/vaclav/32/2029_2.png) [@Vaclav](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/Vaclav)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949/3 "2021-08-06T21:52:31Z")

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Our CLF Bay Area hub is looking into a regional benchmarking effort similar to the one done by CLF in 2017. [SE2050](https://se2050.org/se-2050-database/) also collects data, but I don’t think their database is publicly assesble at this point - hopefully in the future. It would be great to have a some central repository for all benchmarking efforts.

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**Author:** ![ryanzizzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/ryanzizzo/32/2343_2.png) [@ryanzizzo](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ryanzizzo)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949/4 "2021-08-10T16:02:11Z")

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We are just about to start a benchmarking for buildings in the Toronto area. Hopefully, we’ll have results to share by January 2022.

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**Author:** ![JLee\_SF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@JLee\_SF](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/JLee_SF)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/embodied-carbon-benchmarks-survey/3949/5 "2023-06-21T17:24:59Z")

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There might be a more up-to-date thread, however this one came up when I searched “benchmark”.

Anyhow, does anyone know the status of the CLF v.2 study? I filled out a survey in hopes of helping contribute data, but have not heard back?

I also see that there is a California Total Carbon Report projected for 2023, does anyone know what the status is on that?

thanks!
