Carbon Intensity Caps: Why Whole-Life Carbon Assessments Are the New Planning Standard

You’ll weigh short-term costs against lifelong climates when you shift to carbon intensity caps. Whole-life carbon, from material extraction to end-of-life, reveals trade-offs that single metrics miss. By standardizing a boundary, you align design decisions with verifiable outcomes and cross-functional metrics—costs, schedule, and resilience all in one. The question is not if you can measure…







