October 10, 2024 meeting of the NGO/Government Roundtable on Embodied Carbon

CLF's Embodied Carbon NGO/Government 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.
On October 10, the Roundtable meeting included 64 attendees from over 50 organizations, and featured an opening presentation by Katie Poss (Building Transparency) & Michelle Lambert (CLF staff) on new publications by the ECHO (Embodied Carbon Harmonization and Optimization) Project, followed by updates from 16 additional organizations.
*Speakers*
Katie Poss, Building Transparency, and Michelle Lambert, CLF
Emily Coleman, King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Mikhail Haramati, NRDC
Scott Shell, ClimateWorks Foundation
Craig Walloch, Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association (CMHA)
Erin McDade, Architecture 2030
Sonja O’Claire Sound Transit, WA State
Cecilia Wandiga, Centre for Science and Technology Innovations (CSTI)
Nickson Otiento, NikoGreen
Jacqueline Hart, International Living Future Institute
Willy Carlsen, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Gordon P. Sharp & Dirk von Below- International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL)
Natalie Georgieff, University of Minnesota Center for Sustainable Building Research
Kayleigh Houde, Chair of MEP2040 Steering Committee, Arup
Brad Nieces, GSA
Monica Schroeder, BuildChange
Philip Horton, Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine (Arizona State University - Center of Building Innovation)