Jorge Chapa
jochapa.bsky.social
Jorge Chapa
@jochapa.bsky.social
Chief Impact Officer at Green Building Council of Australia (@gbcaus). Board member @Greenfleet. Makes great tacos.
Unquestionably fundamental! Start there and dominos fall very quickly.
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Also related.

“Our Homes Weigh a Tonne (of carbon per square metre)

Before a single appliance is switched on, an average all-electric Australian home has already emitted more than seven times the carbon it will produce over its operational lifetime.”

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May 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As I’m fond of saying, we can always change operating emissions once it opens, we can never change upfront carbon once it’s built.
May 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Looking forward to “Let Me Sum Up” meme edition from now on
May 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
And now we’ve released our practical guide for circular procurement here! #SustMemeCE #circulareconomy gbca-web.s3.amazonaws.com/media/docume...
May 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Very fine list!
January 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I admit to mostly using chatGPT instead of Claude, and I use it as a very simple assistant - fix formatting, do tables, check grammar. It has sped up some workflows. Also surprisingly helpful to help me do simple coding (not a coder, but I dable)
December 20, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Doing some stuff in Australia if you are keen :)
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 AM
What a great graph.
December 4, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Somehow I don’t think that is an actual exclusive…
December 2, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Addressing end of life emissions from a building at end of life today is not module C. It is different to addressing end of life emissions of a new building in 60 years (that is module C). Addressing the building at end of life today also is upfront carbon.
December 1, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Well placed burp can be funny… so says a few five year olds :)
December 1, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Which builds on our discussion paper where we realised that we needed to get people to stop thinking recycling when thinking circular. The two ain’t the same, and while there’s no such think as true circularity, we can try and get close :)

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December 1, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Thank you! We were very proud of it and now are doing a version to drive circular procurement :)
December 1, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Our nature roadmap is on its way, and here is our consultation paper outlining what we think the built environment needs to reckon with.

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December 1, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Five years later we did a review of the topic again, this time in a world that really thought of nature as critical, with TNFD and the Kunming-Montreal Buodoversity Protocol shaping up. This report made us decide to develop a Nature Roadmap.

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December 1, 2024 at 2:00 AM
And more recently we expanded on social issues by releasing an incredible guide on what it means to create and measure social value

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December 1, 2024 at 1:51 AM