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What if I use a new material with a smaller carbon footprint than the standard materials you have listed? I want my efforts for cutting-edge steps I am already taking to be accounted for.
What if I use a new material with a smaller carbon footprint than the standard materials you have listed? I want my efforts for cutting-edge steps I am already taking to be accounted for.
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Written by Richard Taylor
Updated over a week ago

Great question! New products are arriving, and it is hard to keep up with them all. Not to mention, some just do not have any data to prove their “sustainable” title. If you have the data on a new item you are using, we suggest comparing it to the item we have listed the calculator and then adjusting the quantity of the item to get the emissions that are accurate. For example. If you are using an alternative CMU that has 50% of the emissions of a standard CMU, simply reduce the quantity in the input category for “CMU Wall”. This should give you the accurate emission but you'll need to make a note that the square footage was altered to get it.

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