Whole Life Carbon in Construction

It’s going to be the next big thing

Clients are already asking us for assistance. Our colleague Thomas Store is dedicated to the subject and can help you come to grips with this big issue.

So what is it about? Do you understand the basics? – a framework has been published by the United Nation Environmental Programme’s Sustainable Building Initiative.  See the diagram on pp. 12 & 13 of the standard Common Carbon Metric - for Measuring Energy Use and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Building Operations here

Simply this translates into 3 stages:

1. Before-use Impact - the design and construction of your project
2. Operational Impact- impacts arising from operating and maintaining a building
3. End of Life Impact - impacts arising from deconstructing a building

Of course the detail behind this can be quite complex and we will provide further details in the coming months.

So how do you get involved?

1  For an introduction to Whole Life Carbon Assessment take a look at our recently produced film on the subject. Read more

2  If you are client, developer, main contractor or a smaller builder or contractor wanting help or infomation about whole life carbon why not contact me on thomas.store@cesw.org.uk

3. If you are interested in participating in discussion group on the subject please be in touch.

So you don’t have to be just a ‘receiver of information’ on this important topic, you can do something dynamic with us to push this agenda forward and inform all, if you so wish.