What Tanzania Taught Me About Reducing Embodied Carbon
Ash Lauth, Senior Campaign Strategist, Industrious Labs
The embodied carbon of a building is shaped long before concrete is poured. Procurement policies, performance standards, financing decisions, industrial investment, and collaboration across the construction value chain all influence which materials reach the market and which become standard practice. Those upstream decisions ultimately determine the carbon profile of the buildings and infrastructure we construct.
In this piece, Industrious Labs’ Ash Lauth shares more about working with partners in Tanzania to explore practical pathways for reducing emissions while supporting industrial growth.