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They present an extensive life-cycle assessment of the building and pavement sectors that estimates how greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategies — including those for concrete and cement — could minimize the cumulative emissions of each industry and how those reductions would compare to national GHG reduction targets. The team found that if reduction strategies were implemented, the emissions for pavements and buildings between 2016 and 2050 could fall by up to 65 percent and 57 percent, respectively, even if concrete use accelerated significantly over that period. These are close to U.S. reduction targets in the Paris Climate Accords. The solutions would also enable concrete production for both sectors to attain carbon neutrality by 2050. Despite continued grid decarbonization and increases in fuel efficiency, they found that the vast majority of the GHG emissions from new buildings and pavements during this period would derive from operational energy consumption rather than so-called embodied emissions — emissions from materials production and construction. Read the MIT Research Brief. https://bityl.co/OZhV

2024 roundup - January 📅🌱 We started the year off strong with the achievement of our new step in lowering the CO2e emissions of our aluminium profiles. We're able to confirm with an independently verified EPD that the Hydro CIRCAL 75R aluminium we use for all of our products as standard in the UK contains just 1.9 CO2e emissions per kg of aluminium (compared to 2.3kg CO2e/kg of Al). With every step towards decarbonisation we take, we are lowering the environmental impact the building and construction market has on the planet.

Interested to hear thoughts on how we can close the gap between our current and desired point of decarbonization in the buildings and construction industry. Thanks for the tag Stefan de Linde!

It's no secret that the construction sector bears a heavy responsibility, contributing 27% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the key emission sources and the evolving processes that are helping to reduce our industry's carbon footprint in Erland's comprehensive report. #BuildingsStandWithErland #SustainableConstruction

Did you know? The construction sector accounts for a staggering 27% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Discover the significant contributors and evolving processes aimed at reducing our industry's carbon footprint in our latest report, Embodied Carbon in Construction Materials Production: https://lnkd.in/gdYEi8eG #BuildingsStandWithErland #SustainableConstruction

Thoughts: Often forgotten is the embodied carbon of MEP in buildings If they are essential to service a building, how then, can we minimise embodied carbon of MEP services? Strategic placement of plantrooms and services risers to serve spaces to maximise efficient distribution & miminise convoluted distribution routes during concept stage? It may make spaces/rooms planning less flexible...or does it?

Continuing to share key insights from the new Essex Embodied Carbon Policy Study 📝 💡: https://lnkd.in/dbq2D4G8 After my last post on the embodied carbon of wall constructions, this post focuses on comparing the upfront embodied carbon of several insulation types. The study found that even though more environmentally friendly insulation types, like wood fibre, hempcrete and cellulose, need almost double the thickness of PIR to achieve a U-value of 0.15 W/m2K, their upfront embodied carbon is less than a tenth of PIR’s. If the atmospheric CO2 stored (upfront biogenic carbon) was also taken in to account, their upfront embodied carbon would have been even lower! Since the UK fire regulations permit this, we can have an impact on low-rise residential projects and shift to fossil fuel-free and lower embodied carbon insulation materials.

🔊"A white paper on delivering world-leading standards for buildings should be an urgent step for the next government if we are to stick to the commitments we signed into law during the last parliament – and ensure the UK’s built environment can decarbonise by 2050." 📄 To ensure homeowners are moving to #lowcarbon heat sources, new public funding for stand-alone #fossilfuel heating, such as gas or oil boilers, will be prohibited in the EU from 2025. Writing for Inside Housing, BRE Chief Marketing Officer & Deputy CEO Jane Goddard discusses what these changes to the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive mean for UK #housing. Read full article: https://lnkd.in/eB-3Ga29 #netzero #builtenvironment #construction

The UK construction industry is crucial for our infrastructure and economy but also a significant source of carbon emissions. The Infrastructure Carbon Review (2013) highlights that infrastructure accounts for half of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions. The Five Client Carbon Commitments, part of the CO2nstruct Zero initiative by the Construction Leadership Council, engage clients in reducing carbon emissions with clear timelines. Discover more about the response and how our business can help in the link in the comment 🌱 👇 #Sustainability #Construction #CO2nstructZero #HyperionRobotics #UKConstruction

Check out this awesome report from Rowan! Excited to see Turner lead the embodied carbon conversation and push for change across many industries!