Carbon-Storing Materials Report
Builders for Climate Action's Director, Chris Magwood, was a co-author of this ground-breaking report from the Carbon Leadership Forum.
The study found that a sizable reduction (~60%) in embodied carbon is possible in two to three years by bringing readily-available low-carbon materials into wider use. Furthermore, this work predicts that fostering a carbon-storing material supply system by investing in the development and manufacturing of nascent carbon-storing materials industries will make a carbon-positive future for individual projects possible in three to five years.
Opportunities for CO2 Removal and Storage in Building Materials
This research paper is the basis for the Builders for Climate Action White Paper #1. It contains the complete data set and the full text and charts for over 300 building materials and dozens of low-rise building assemblies.