Summit: Accelerating the Adoption of Low Embodied Carbon Materials

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · 7 hr. (US/Eastern)

Summit

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Accelerate the shift to a low-embodied carbon future at this interactive summit. Explore strategies to scale biobased and circular materials, unlock the carbon potential of existing buildings, and improve whole-life carbon data and measurement.

Collaborate with experts to drive regenerative, climate-smart design and construction that delivers measurable impact before 2030.

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Summit

Learning Objective #1

Identify strategies to scale the adoption of biobased and circular materials in construction, including designing for disassembly and leveraging existing building stock as a material bank to advance circularity goals before 2030.

Learning Objective #2

Explain the carbon sequestration potential of biobased materials and how integrating them into building design can contribute to regenerative, climate-smart construction while improving occupant health outcomes.

Learning Objective #3

Recognize the current gaps and limitations in whole-life carbon accounting methods — including underrepresented scopes such as MEP systems, refrigerants, and IT — and describe approaches to more accurately measure and report dynamic carbon impacts across a building's lifecycle.

Learning Objective #4

Apply emerging digital tools and product data platforms to streamline low-embodied carbon material selection, improve lifecycle assessment workflows, and drive measurable decarbonization outcomes across project types and market sectors.