{"id":9150,"date":"2021-09-20T08:37:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T08:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/the-chiller-reality-your-mep-equipment-is-full-of-embodied-carbon\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:56:43","slug":"the-chiller-reality-your-mep-equipment-is-full-of-embodied-carbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/the-chiller-reality-your-mep-equipment-is-full-of-embodied-carbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast | The Chiller Reality: Your MEP Equipment is Full of Embodied Carbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=r22ia-10e4ae2-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;btn-skin=3&amp;multiple_size=480&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=10&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the second episode of our series on sustainability strategies of the future, IMEG\u2019s Adam McMillen discusses embodied carbon in chillers, boilers, and other MEP equipment. \u201cNaturally, engineers put a lot of equipment into buildings,\u201d he says. \u201cThat equipment contains a lot of steel and comes from all over the world, so it obviously has a carbon footprint.\u201d Quantifying that footprint is critical. \u201cIt\u2019s starting to become clear that the amount of carbon a company has on its books is going to be a liability in the future, from a climate change perspective, a dollar perspective, and a regulations perspective. We need to get all this quantified so that companies can clearly see these big numbers as a risk to their business and demand lower levels from manufacturers.\u201d Reversing the \u201cthrow-away\u201d mentality also is crucial and includes designing buildings for a much longer life. \u201cLet\u2019s not think about constructing a 50-year building \u2014 let\u2019s think about a 100-year building,\u201d McMillen says. \u201cAnd let\u2019s think about 30-year MEP equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Also in this series:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/embodied-carbon-in-the-crosshairs-of-designers-bill-gates-and-girl-scouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Embodied Carbon in the Crosshairs of Desginers, Bill Gates, and Girl Scouts&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/cold-climate-electrification-a-path-toward-clean-heating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cCold Climate Electrification: A Path Toward \u2018Clean\u2019 Heating\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/call-in-the-reserves-thermal-energy-storage-to-the-rescue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cCall in the Reserves: Thermal Energy Storage to the Rescue\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/battery-storage-clean-energy-for-a-rainy-day-and-peak-demand-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBattery Storage: Clean Energy for a Rainy Day \u2014 and Peak Demand Relief\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/resources\/blog\/5-steps-to-begin-the-process-of-decarbonizing-your-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;Five Steps to Begin the Process of Decarbonizing Your Building&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second episode of our series on sustainability strategies of the future, IMEG\u2019s Adam McMillen discusses embodied carbon in chillers, boilers, and other MEP equipment. \u201cNaturally, engineers put a lot of equipment into buildings,\u201d he says. \u201cThat equipment contains a lot of steel and comes from all over the world, so it obviously has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Podcast | The Chiller Reality: Your MEP Equipment is Full of Embodied Carbon - 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