🎧 #121: Stacy Smedley on the Road to Zero Carbon Construction and Where Technology Fits
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“Step one (of 3) on reducing embodied carbon emissions is to start thinking about if we have to build a building at all. So if we just stopped building right now, there's plenty of empty space for us to put all that square footage into that we say we need. And beyond that, we have more than we need."
—Stacy Smedley
My Highlights
- Quick overview of Stacy's background - lots of activities! (2:02)
- A primer on emissions from construction - What is embodied carbon? (8:31)
- LEED - why hasn't it scaled? (19:46)
- What is the EC3 tool and how is it transforming construction? (25:53)
- Future of EC3 - Where's this headed and the connection to digital twins (36:43)
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