The California Carbon Report
カリフォルニアカーボンレポート (AI 翻訳)
Brad Benke, M W Roberts, Yang Shen, Stephanie Carlisle, Mel Chafart, Kathrina Simonen
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日本語
カリフォルニア州の30の新築建物プロジェクトを対象に、全ライフサイクルカーボン評価（WLCA）を実施。運用時炭素と体化炭素のバランス、炭素強度、主要な排出源を分析し、建物分野の脱炭素化における現状の課題と政策への示唆を提供する。
English
This study analyzes whole life carbon assessments (WLCA) for 30 new building projects in California. It examines the balance between embodied and operational carbon, estimates carbon intensities, and identifies key contributors to embodied carbon. The findings highlight challenges in scaling building decarbonization and inform policy development.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本の建設・不動産分野では、SSBJやグリーンビルディング認証の拡大により、建物のライフサイクル全体でのGHG排出量把握が重要になっている。本論文は全ライフカーボン評価（WLCA）の実証例を提供し、日本の建築関係者にとって参考となる。特に、運用時炭素だけでなく体化炭素の評価手法や課題は、日本の建築物LCA基準の改善に役立つ可能性がある。
In the global GX context
The paper contributes to global building decarbonization literature by applying whole life carbon assessment to a large sample in California, a leading region with aggressive climate targets. It provides empirical benchmarks for embodied and operational carbon intensities, useful for practitioners and policymakers worldwide aiming to align building sector with net-zero goals.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides empirical WLCA benchmarks and methodological insights for building LCA researchers.
🏢実務担当者:Offers practical carbon intensity data and identifies major embodied carbon sources for design teams and developers.
🏛政策担当者:Informs building code updates and procurement policies with evidence on whole life carbon impacts.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Actors in the built environment are promoting strategies targeted at reducing the environmental impacts of buildings. Many government agencies, design companies, builders, and developers have proposed voluntary net-zero commitments to drive change across the sector. Similarly, policymakers at both the state and national levels have been passing successful legislation to achieve mandatory emissions reductions, and many of these policies rely heavily on building-related decarbonization. Though all of these commitments and policies vary in their scopes and ambition levels, they all ultimately seek to reduce GHG emissions in alignment with Paris Agreement targets. Still, building decarbonization at scale has continued to prove challenging.<br>In this study, we investigated the use of whole life carbon assessment (WLCA) through a sample of 30 new construction building projects located in the State of California that were sourced from design practitioners as part of the CLF WBLCA Benchmark Study (v2). California was chosen for this preliminary study owing to its unique climate, large population, geographic size, rapidly decarbonizing electrical grid, ambitious climate targets, and quickly evolving policy landscape. By conducting this analysis, we sought to answer the following questions:<br>- What is the projected balance of emissions between embodied and operational carbon over time for a sample of new buildings in California?- What are reasonable estimates of embodied and operational carbon intensities for the buildings analyzed?- What are the most significant contributors to embodied carbon impacts from different buildings’ scopes, elements, or materials?- What are the current gaps and challenges within industry practices toward developing comprehensive whole life carbon assessments?- How do the results vary based on changes to LCA methods and assumptions?
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- openalex https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32978804first seen 2026-07-22 05:11:14 · last seen 2026-07-22 05:11:16
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