Embodied Carbon Is No Longer “Future LEED.” It’s a Construction Decision
by Lauren Breckenridge, LEED AP Sustainability Associate at Green Badger For years, embodied carbon lived comfortably in the design phase. It appeared in early studies, sustainability narratives, and long-term climate goals. Then construction started, schedules tightened, procurement kicked off, and embodied carbon quietly fell out of focus. That approach no longer works. In LEED v5,…

