Embodied carbon calculations as a design tool in the adaptive reuse of a campus building

This paper presents a case study of a small campus building adaptive reuse and preservation project. BEAM was effectively used to calculate material carbon emissions at both the building scale and assembly scale for wall and roof options. Sankey diagrams were used to visualize these results and a carbon key developed to compare the emissions to more relatable metrics. This is a replicable process to effectively communicate CO₂e information for projects and aid project teams to make decisions for a low carbon building future.