Embodied energy refers to the total amount of carbon expended in the front-end creation of buildings. Learn how it is measured and why it's important.

More information: Chong‐Chan Kim et al, Soft, Modular Power for Composing Robots with Embodied Energy, Advanced Materials ...

For more than 30 years, Passive House principles have been a valuable guide to making buildings energy efficient.But now, with steady improvements in our understanding of embodied carbon—the carbon ...

Processing wood waste into biomass fuel or bio‑products taps into a dispatchable renewable energy source, one that can ...

The most efficient computers are still approximately four orders of magnitude — that’s 10,000 times — higher in energy requirements compared to the human brain for specific tasks such as image ...

As recently as five years ago, embodied energy was a relatively esoteric subject. Making a building more energy efficient tended to mean reducing operational energy, with upgrades like LEDs, heat ...

Letter: Don't forget embodied energy toll of new homes. Published 22 March 2023. From Simon Conolly, Cork, Ireland . You reported on future houses that claim an impressively low day-to-day energy use.

Three startups focused on lowering embodied carbon in concrete are among recipients of 14 federal grants totaling $428 million, the U.S. Energy Dept. announced Oct. 22.

The shift of embodied energy flows among the Global South and Global North in the post-globalisation era. Energy Economics, 2024; 131: 107408 DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107408; ...

Cornell University. (2025, January 27). 'Embodied energy' powers modular worm, jellyfish robots. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 ...