Archinect - News2024-05-01T05:42:13-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150339295/architecture-2030-s-new-care-tool-helps-measure-the-carbon-reduction-of-retrofit-projects
Architecture 2030's new CARE Tool helps measure the carbon reduction of retrofit projects Josh Niland2023-02-15T14:38:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/34/34b790eb6541363ed48f500a66a4e9b2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new metric measuring the amount of carbon reduced in reuse projects is changing the way practitioners of the built environment can quantify the success of retrofit projects of all types and sizes. </p>
<p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4480/architecture-2030" target="_blank">Architecture 2030</a>’s new CARE (Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator) Tool is a way of providing valuable statistics that show the carbon savings of each project accurately and using a standardized methodology. Its tool was developed by <a href="https://archinect.com/siegelstrain" target="_blank">Siegel and Strain Architects</a> principal Larry Strain along with Architecture 2030’s Erin McDade and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/16512595/goody-clancy" target="_blank">Goody Clancy</a>’s Lori Ferriss and is already in use at several leading firms nationwide. </p>
<p>CARE Tool works by taking user inputs about energy targets and potential building interventions to estimate operational carbon emissions and embodied carbon emissions in each project.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5c/5c4d65f00bf254b3215464642b9a3e0b.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5c/5c4d65f00bf254b3215464642b9a3e0b.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150329918/new-data-reveals-the-growing-state-of-adaptive-reuse-residential-conversions-nationwide" target="_blank">New data reveals the growing state of adaptive reuse residential conversions nationwide</a></figcaption></figure><p>According to the group: “Outputs are visualized as total embodied and operational em...</p>