Embodied Carbon || NEHERS

THE MASSACHUSETTS 100 HOME STUDY:

NEHERS has been awarded a grant from MassCEC for $200,000 to establish a baseline for embodied carbon in new homes in Massachusetts. National Grid and Eversource have contributed an additional $30, 531 to add Mechanicals, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) to this study. Click Here to learn more about how you can participate in this ground-breaking study.

IMPORTANT RESNET ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2023-12-07 RESNET® Appoints Embodied Carbon Standard Development Committee 1500

2023-10-05 RESNET® Begins Standard Development Process to Develop an ANSI Candidate Standard to Calculate the Embodied Carbon in Residential Building Materials

2023-07-11 Embodied Carbon Standard Development is Approved by RESNET Board

2022-02-22 Embodied Carbon Advisory Committee Recommends to Begin Developing an Embodied Carbon Standard to the RESNET Board

2022-12-22 RESNET Appoints Advisory Committee to Investigate Development of Standard to Calculate the Embodied Carbon in Homes

ENERGY CODE COMMENTS

2024-09-17 NEHERS Embodied Carbon and Energy Code Committee Comments to DOER

2024-04-03 NEHERS Embodied Carbon Committee Comments to DOER

THE BASICS:

WHAT IS EMBODIED CARBON?

When most people think about the carbon footprint of a building, they think about how much electricity or heat a building uses. The greenhouse gases generated to produce electricity or heat are known as operational carbon emissions. For the last 16 years, the HERS rating industry has focused on reducing operational emissions. (And we’ve done a great job!) However, the emissions from the extraction, transportation to the factory and the manufacturing of the building materials themselves are known as embodied carbon emissions or “cradle to gate” emissions...

CLICK HERE to read more about what embodied carbon is, why it matters, and what needs to happen next.