Canadian Nuclear Laboratories: Case Study and Environmental Impact Analysis
Mantle Developments created a case study on the Canadian Nuclear Lab’s recent mass timber demonstration projects at their Chalk River campus in eastern Ontario. At […]
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Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Commercial Real Estate
Mantle Developments conducted a national and international literature review of existing codes, standards, guidelines, and resources, to support the Canadian Standards Association’s (CSA) climate resilience […]
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Policy Primer: Regulating Embodied Emissions of Buildings; Insights for Ontario’s Municipal Governments
Download the policy primer here. Mantle Developments, together with the University of Toronto’s Ha/f Research Studio and the City of Toronto’s Planning Department, have produced a […]
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Ontario’s first benchmarking of embodied carbon for large buildings
Mantle Developments, together with the University of Toronto’s Ha/f Research Studio and the City of Toronto, have produced the first benchmarking of embodied carbon for […]
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Strategies for Low Carbon Concrete
Mantle Developments authors report on procuring low embodied carbon concrete. Did you know that concrete is the second most widely consumed substance after only water? […]
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Net Zero Carbon Construction
Understanding Embodied Carbon & Net Zero Carbon Construction When it comes to creating lower-carbon construction, does the building industry have a blind spot? For a […]
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Integrating LCA into Ontario’s Infrastructure Planning & Decision Making
Mantle was engaged by the Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure to perform research, analysis, and provide insights for consideration on strategies to integrate life cycle assessment […]
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Embodied Carbon in Construction: Policy Primer for Ontario
This primer provides an overview of the concept of embodied carbon and describes how life cycle assessment (LCA) can be used to calculate and minimize […]
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Embodied Carbon of Buildings and Infrastructure
Addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from buildings and infrastructure is a key component of the global fight against climate change. This report was commissioned by […]
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Addressing Carbon Debt
Ryan Zizzo explains what key steps can be taken to minimize embodied carbon in infrastructure construction and outlines some global best practices for addressing the […]
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