Embodied carbon is the greenhouse-gas footprint of a facility’s materials and construction, as distinct from the operational energy it uses. In a parking facility:
- Concrete dominates the embodied ledger; mix designs, supplementary cementitious materials, and verified product declarations are the levers.
Considerations
- Specify measurable values the submittal can carry, not green claims it cannot. The greenest ton of concrete is the one the spec made accountable.