5%
Difference between final LCA embodied carbon results and C.Scale predictions
100%
Of project’s embodied carbon offset through local PV installation
EHDD is an award-winning west-coast architecture firm with a strong commitment to advancing climate action. With eight decades of experience helping clients achieve their dreams, EHDD creates transformative places of belonging and impact.
C.Scale helped EHDD present scenarios in their proposal through the lens of climate impact to find the lowest cost path to building decarbonization.
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Building electrification coupled with purchased 100% renewable electricity is visualized as a building design strategy, side by side with efficiency and low carbon materials.
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“We used C.Scale in the proposal stage... I think it set us apart, as we were up against the best firms in the country. What's really amazing is that when we did a detailed LCA, the embodied carbon results were within 5% of the C.Scale estimates!”
Rebecca Sharkey
Design Principal @ EHDD
By viewing carbon emissions over time, C.Scale graphically demonstrated from the start how providing PVs for Habitat for Humanity homes could offset remaining embodied carbon emissions over 15 years.
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