# July 2022 Meeting of the NGO/Governmental Roundtable on Embodied Carbon **URL:** \ **Category:** Roundtable: NGO/Government Alignment\ **Created:** [August 6, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/july-2022-meeting-of-the-ngo-governmental-roundtable-on-embodied-carbon/5713 "2022-08-06T18:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewhimesclf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/andrewhimesclf/32/3266_2.png) [@andrewhimesclf](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/andrewhimesclf)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/july-2022-meeting-of-the-ngo-governmental-roundtable-on-embodied-carbon/5713/1 "2022-08-06T18:50:30Z")
CLF’s \*\*[Embodied Carbon Roundtable](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/ngo-roundtable/)\*\*has the following objectives: - Share news, strategic plans, resources, and tools related to embodied carbon. - Report planning and future dates for conferences, webinars, and meetings. - Inspire and facilitate ongoing communication and conversation among key leaders related to embodied carbon. - Encourage convergence on shared embodied carbon terminology, data standards, benchmarks, and targets for embodied carbon reduction. ## Recording [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/carbonleadershipforum/original/2X/1/1a3fad2ad3624b515632bb1fa1c00a24982542c5.jpeg "NGO Governmental Roundtable on Embodied Carbon - July 2022") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PWwM1VSB8) _Meeting date July 22. 30 attendees, 90 minute meeting_ **Meeting attendees from:** - CLF - WBLCA Benchmarking Project - CLF – Embodied Carbon Policy Training Series - EcoBuild Network - US EPA - SE 2050 - US DOE Building Technologies Office - Oregon DEQ (Dept. of Environmental Quality) - NRMCA - Passive House Network - CARE tool (ZNCC) - MEP 2040 - Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition - US DOT Federal Highway Administration - Climate Positive Design - Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) - Sustainable Minds - ACLCA PCR Guidance Toolkit - RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute - We Mean Business Coalition - Facade Tectonics Institute - Building Transparency - USDA - Forest Products Laboratory - RAIC Climate Action Plan Steering Committee ## Reports 1. Brad Benke, CLF - WBLCA Benchmarking Project > **[CLF WBLCA Benchmark Study v2](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/clf-wblca-v2/)** > > CLF's WBLCA Benchmark Project provides guidance on comparing building designs and establishing carbon reduction targets at a project scale. 1. Bruce King - Ecobuild Network [https://islandpress.org/books/build-beyond-zero](https://islandpress.org/books/build-beyond-zero) 3. Daniel Macri – EPA > **[ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Indicators for plants](https://www.energystar.gov/industrial_plants/measure-track-and-benchmark/energy-star-energy)** 4. Frances Yang - SE 2050 > **[SE2050](https://se2050.org/)** 1. Jaime Van-Mourik - US DOE Building Technologies Office For those interested in discussing EPD creation for alternative materials with DOE please let me know - [jaime.van-mourik@ee.doe.gov](mailto:jaime.van-mourik@ee.doe.gov) 2. Jordan Palmeri - Oregon DEQ (Dept. of Environmental Quality) [Current Sustainable Procurement Initiatives | Portland.gov](https://www.portland.gov/omf/brfs/procurement/sustainable-procurement-program/sp-initiatives); [https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/EO-17-20.aspx](https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/EO-17-20.aspx) [https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/SB4A.aspx](https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/production/Pages/SB4A.aspx) 1. Katie Poss - NRMCA > **[Top10WaysReduceConcreteCarbonFootprint.pdf](https://www.nrmca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Top10WaysReduceConcreteCarbonFootprint.pdf)** > > 6.67 MB 1. Ken Levenson - Passive House Network > **[Home - The Passive House Network](https://passivehousenetwork.org/)** > > The Passive House Network provides high-quality Passive House education to architects, builders & more, to cut building carbon emissions. [https://naphnetwork.org/product/phn-phribbon/](https://naphnetwork.org/product/phn-phribbon/) 1. Lori Ferriss - CARE tool (ZNCC) > **[Join Us — Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Historic Buildings](https://www.znccollaboration.org/contact)** > >     this will add you to the mailing list for the ZNCC, but if you’d like to make sure to receive the invitation for the coming meeting, please email me at [lori.ferriss@goodyclancy.com](mailto:lori.ferriss@goodyclancy.com), and I’ll make sure you’re on there > **[CARE Tool – Architecture 2030](https://www.architecture2030.org/caretool/)** 1. Luke Lombardi – MEP 2040 > **[MEP 2040 | Join the Sustainability Movement](https://www.mep2040.org/)** > > Learn how MEP 2040 is driving reduction in building system carbon emissions through collective action, commitments, resources, and forums. Join us in transforming the industry. [https://www.refrigerantimpact.org/](https://www.refrigerantimpact.org/) 1. Marnese Jackson - Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition > **[Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition](https://midwestdecarb.org/)** > > The Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition seeks to equitably decarbonize the Midwestern building sector by 2050. Join us! August 11: Understanding Implicit Bias in Building Decarbonization MWBDC Grants Program: Participation Stipends and Empowerment Grants – Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition Repost: Undoing White Supremacy Culture in Building Decarbonization [https://midwestdecarb.org/calendar/](https://midwestdecarb.org/calendar/) 1. Megan Kalsman, CLF – Embodied carbon Policy Training SerIes > **[Embodied Carbon Policy Educational Series](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/embodied-carbon-policy-educational-series/)** > > Check out this policy educational series to learn how policymakers are taking the lead on transformative policies to reduce embodied carbon. 1. Migdalia Carrion - US DOT Federal Highway Administration [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/climatechallenge/](https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/climatechallenge/) 1. Pamela Conrad – Climate Positive Design 2. Patric Langevin - Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) > **[LEEP Technology Guides and Tools - Natural Resources Canada](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/home-energy-efficiency/local-energy-efficiency-partnerships-leep/leep-technology-guides)** 1. Terry Swack, Sustainable Minds - ACLCA PCR Guidance Toolkit [http://aclca.org/pcr/](http://aclca.org/pcr/) > **[PCR%20Guidance\_Carbon%20Leadership%20session\_Jul22.pdf](https://www.dropbox.com/s/m4ejk22v4ec2rda/PCR%20Guidance_Carbon%20Leadership%20session_Jul22.pdf?dl=0)** [https://www.transparencycatalog.com/na-pcr-catalog-building-products](https://www.transparencycatalog.com/na-pcr-catalog-building-products) This PCR catalog is continually updated so you can always check here to find out if there’s a PCR for the product you are interested in [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/carbonleadershipforum/original/2X/3/3b92bc9dbb9c806ed9cf7c011fdbea4c6fd364c1.jpeg "Understanding the NEW carbon estimating tools for early stage building design") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfEHeei2iw4) Just posted! – link to yesterday’s webinar w. Chris Magwood, Jack Rusk and Lori Ferriss explaining BEAM, EPIC and CARE carbon estimating tools for early stage building design 1. Victor Olgyay - RMI 2. Webly Bowles – NBI > **[Home - New Buildings Institute](https://newbuildings.org/)** > > s 1. Mic Patterson – Facade Tectonics > **[Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress](https://www.facadetectonics.org/events/2022wc)** > > The Facade Tectonics Institute's biennial World Congress, hosted October 12-13, 2022 in Los Angeles, gathers the built environment’s most influential… Facade Tectonics Institute World Congress - October 12-13 - Live in Los Angeles; great keynotes, the rest paper presentations, building tours, etc.