Embodied Carbon: Regulations, LEED v5, and Contractor’s Role

Embodied Carbon: Regulations, LEED v5, and Contractor’s Role

The 2025 AIA Colorado Committee on the Environment presents “Embodied Carbon: Regulations, LEED v5, and Contractor’s Role”

This presentation covers different regulatory and voluntary programs to reduce embodied carbon and how different approaches will result in different outcomes. It will also explain the LEED v5 requirements related to embodied carbon reductions and how contractors are tracking A4 and A5 emissions at the project site.

Presenters include:

• Victoria Herrero-Garcia, LEED AP BD+C, Embodied Carbon Leader, Mead & Hunt
• Mark Rothman, AIA, DBIA, LEED AP, Director of Design and Sustainability, Hensel Phelps