# \#cmu

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## [Site retaining walls (precast vs block)](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/site-retaining-walls-precast-vs-block/9034)

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**Author:** [@aaron.vaden-youmans](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/aaron.vaden-youmans)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/site-retaining-walls-precast-vs-block/9034 "2026-06-24T17:55:19Z")

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Hello Team - Quick Question: A project in Las Vegas requires a number of very long retaining walls integrated into the site. Will we be more successful reducing embodied carbon with a block wall than a precast wall (give…

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## [Climate Earth Announces the CMU Analyzer™ Bringing advanced EPD analytics to the CMU industry](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/climate-earth-announces-the-cmu-analyzer-bringing-advanced-epd-analytics-to-the-cmu-industry/4903)

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**Author:** [@climateearth](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/climateearth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/climate-earth-announces-the-cmu-analyzer-bringing-advanced-epd-analytics-to-the-cmu-industry/4903 "2022-02-11T00:02:02Z")

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Climate Earth Announces the CMU Analyzer™ Bringing advanced EPD analytics to the CMU industry. Climate Earth has just released a cloud-based software solution for improving the design process for low carbon CMU. Our ne…

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## [Concrete Masonry Units (CMU)](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/concrete-masonry-units-cmu/2443)

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**Author:** [@ewborchers](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ewborchers)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/concrete-masonry-units-cmu/2443 "2020-10-06T15:09:53Z")

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Can anyone point me to some good resources/articles/commentary on embodied carbon of CMU walls? My hunch (unproven, untestested) is this: when used as a true structural wall (bearing wall, shear wall, or retaining wall)…