CARE TOOL

In most cases, the greenest building is the one that already exists, but that wisdom has not previously been proven with comprehensive data, and the carbon benefits of reusing existing buildings are rarely incorporated in climate action plans, carbon tracking, or design decision-making. This is a significant missed opportunity for the preservation, planning, design, and policymaking communities to quantify their impact potential and make the strongest case for building reuse. The CARE (The Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator) Tool is changing this. It provides decision-makers with the capability to estimate the carbon benefits of reusing and upgrading existing buildings compared to replacing them with new construction... The CARE (Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator) Tool is used for estimating and comparing the embodied, operating, and avoided carbon impacts and benefits of reusing and upgrading existing buildings or replacing them with new construction... The CARE Tool allows users to..

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