The Bay Area embodied carbon community
Initiatives
Biobased Materials
Materials made from agricultural byproducts, plant fibers, forestry residues, or other renewable resources can reduce carbon emissions, strengthen regional economies, and build more resilient communities. Increasingly, high-performance building products can be grown, manufactured, and supplied within California’s own bioregions.
Click here to see recent reports on the potential for biobased materials.
Carbon Storing Building Challenge
Scaling bio-based building materials beyond specialty projects or custom homes is possible and promises healthier outcomes for people, ecosystems, and the climate. In order to test feasibility and potential benefits, a team of architects, builders, and engineers designed a prototype of a building that could realistically exist in Alameda County.
Local Government Policies
Bay Area cities and counties are leading the way with policies and other ways to support embodied carbon reductions. Click here to access examples and templates about low carbon codes, municipal specifications, climate action plans, and more. Featured on the page:
Alameda County GSA municipal project specifications for low carbon materials and reuse
San Francisco's study of a building material reuse facility
Marin County's precedent-setting low carbon concrete code
Climate Action Plan measures from across the Bay Area
Case Studies
Are you looking for inspiration and lessons learned on other projects? Then explore our list of case studies.
Would you like to share your project? Let us know!
Product Innovators
New products are emerging from start-ups and other innovators in Northern California.
Check out a few profiles and if you know of others that should be featured, please complete this form.
