Embodied Carbon in Buckhead

The path forward for Livable Buckhead will require a nuanced approach that addresses zoning updates for the neighborhood, marketing and messaging efforts that will support the need for and promise posed by the changes, and information about the types of materials and processes developers and building owners can use to have measurable impacts on the embodied carbon of their buildings and the neighborhood more broadly.

Workshop participants discussed the options for a performance-based or a prescriptive approach to promoting reduced carbon building approaches. While the preference of the assembled group leaned toward a performance-based regulatory approach, which will allow more flexibility in compliance measures, there was also a preference for aligning Livable Buckhead's approach with other city or industry reporting programs. These shifts in materials and practices will take time. It is possible to start small and work incrementally and still create a significant cumulative impact.