EHA In the News: Navigating carbon reduction - Everett Housing Authority set to achieve climate positive site design

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The article discusses how the Pathfinder tool, developed by Climate Positive Design with support from the Landscape Architecture Foundation, helps design sustainable projects by providing carbon impact analysis. Used on EHA's Park District development, Pathfinder's carbon feedback shaped the project's design to reduce emissions and increase carbon sequestration. By adjusting elements like tree density and concrete use, the design timeline for becoming "climate positive" was reduced from 64 to 16 years, surpassing the challenge's goal of 20 years. This tool offers cost-effective solutions for integrating sustainability into projects.

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