Building Reuse is Climate Action: Embodied Carbon
ALEXIS CECIL
Building reuse is climate action and that's one of the core principles of the work that we do.
MAUREEN VOSMEK
We really see existing buildings as a resource to be tapped to fight climate change. All of the embodied carbon and embodied materials in those buildings can be preserved.
MARISA ALLEN
There are two types of carbon. There's embodied carbon and that's really about the energy and resources that go into making building materials. So, it's all the work that happens to make the bricks and the framing and all of the supplies that go into the building. The other piece of carbon is operational carbon. And that's the energy used to keep a building running. 11% of all global carbon emissions come from making building materials.
ALEXIS CECIL
We've crunched the numbers. We've done the math. We've checked on this. The amount of energy and carbon emissions that are required or created from demolition and building new construction far outweigh that of reusing and revitalizing our existing spaces.
MARISA ALLEN
If we look at the carbon emissions avoided in the whole Quinn Evans portfolio, it's really kind of staggering the difference that it makes by saving existing buildings.
BYRONAÉ LEWIS
We’re in a place right now where there is a lot of historic or even abandoned spaces that need revitalization, so it’s creating a pivot on how we look at design in the industry.
ALEXIS CECIL
It's time to invest in our future by recognizing what we already have.
MARISA ALLEN
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