Carbon dioxide emissions

  • Mind & Matter

    The Carbon Footprint of Material Obsolescence

    "Embodied carbon connects to a building’s entire life cycle—including its maintenance and end of life," Blaine Brownell writes. "We must account for the emissions that result from renovation and deconstruction just as we do for manufacture and construction."

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    Destruction of old house by excavator. Bucket of excavator breaks concrete structure.