Cost & Carbon Consultant for Buildings and Infrastructure | Mechanical Engineer (P.Eng), Decarbonization Consultant (CDP), Quantity Surveyor (PQS)
In this Summer edition of the #ConstructionEconomist, I collaborated once again with Susan Neil to describe the process of #quantifying carbon 🌿 in construction. 🏢 #Buildings have carbon emissions locked in them due to the #extraction of raw materials, #landpreparation, #manufacture of the materials and equipment used, the #construction 🏗 activity themselves and even future #repairs and #maintenance. Collectively, these are known as the #upfront or #EmbodiedCarbon in the #building. An whole building life cycle assessment will typically be used to determine how much carbon both embodied and operational a building releases throughout its life. In our article, we demonstrated example of how to measure carbon for select materials - #concrete, a structural material, and #carpet, an architectural material, based on specific #environmental product declarations, #EPDs. You can't manage what you don't measure. Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/eyiED_nU Hanscomb Limited, CIQS, RICS, Building Transparency
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4moThank you Ayo for including me in this critical series on carbon quantification! Our profession has a major part to play in carbon reduction and I am honoured to collaborate with you.