Do you understand the need to reduce carbon emissions, but struggle to include carbon in project discussions? Do you need deeper knowledge about how emissions of carbon today will affect us over the next 30+ years? Are you looking to develop a sense of the metrics for carbon emissions that can help you make your case? And are you seeking clear, simple steps that will reduce carbon emissions in each project you design? You’re in the right place. First, we’ll take a brief look up at atmosphere and the gases that humans have added. We’ll then tie construction activities to carbon emissions, using EPD data to show relative magnitudes of embodied carbon. Then we'll look at building operational emissions, clarifying how terms like EUI and EF connect to GWP emissions, and how building codes relate to carbon emissions. We’ll identify specific measures that we can take TODAY to reduce emission by material selection, changing design processes, and systems thinking. We’ll conclude with a timeline for action vs. inaction. At the end there will be a no-grade quiz, with the goal of developing an intuitive, even visceral, quantitative understanding of the problem and the solutions.