This plan needs
to include a provision for a building's life cycle, particularly in
sourcing, manufacturing and disposing of building materials that
have a direct impact on Photochemical Ozone Formation (Smog),
particulate matter emissions, and human toxicity. I know
environmental justice is one of CARB's goals and disadvantaged
communities based on land-use policies end up paying the price of
poor air quality as a direct result of emissions associated with
embodied carbon among other factors. The building industry is
including Embodied Carbon in policy discussions today as an urgent
measure to be adopted and CARB should do the same. At the very
least it’ll set in motion adoption targets for full building
lifecycle analysis for all building projects.
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