Embodied Carbon: Carbon Justice in the Built Environment

The global implications surrounding embodied carbon— the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, transportation, assembly, and deconstruction of building materials—are often overlooked. Embodied Carbon challenges the conventional focus on operational carbon, focusing on the inequalities between the Global North and South. Part I traces the historical evolution of embodied carbon, clarifying its definitions, components, measurement and counting methods, and the critica...