Category Archives: Global Warming

Importance of Reducing Embodied Impacts

Posted on October 13, 2017 by constructionlca

I’ve just come across this 2014 image from the Construction2030 website, which considers the energy footprint of all the office space globally expected to be built between 2015 and 2030 – 83 billion m², both embodied (from the materials used … Continue reading →

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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Climate Change and the Need to act

Posted on January 29, 2016 by constructionlca

Speaking at a U.N. Investors conference on 27th January. Today I call on the investor community to build on the strong momentum from Paris and seize the opportunities for clean energy growth. I challenge investors to double – at a … Continue reading →

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The Creative Community (including David Bowie) on Climate Change and the need to act

Posted on January 19, 2016 by constructionlca

Letter on eve of COP21 organised by Julie’s Bicycle Dear Executive Secretary Figueres and COP 21 President, Minister Fabius, We, the creative community as represented by the signatories below, ask all those responsible for negotiating the post 2020 climate change f … Continue reading →

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Luvvies on Climate Change, and the need to act

Posted on January 19, 2016 by constructionlca

  Ridley Scott’s film for the Climate Coalition using the lyrics of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 spoken by some of Britain’s best known actors.

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Estimated Global Embodied Carbon of Construction Materials

Posted on January 13, 2016 by constructionlca

(reposted with original error corrected) RICS have published an infographic comparing the Embodied Carbon and Production of various construction materials . In my view, an uninformed viewer might assume that the problem materials in relation to Embodied Carbon and Construction are … Continue reading →

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U.S. Millennials (aged 18-30) on Climate Change and the need to act

Posted on January 12, 2016 by constructionlca

Taken from USA Today “By an overwhelming 80%-10%, those surveyed say the United States should transition to mostly clean or renewable energy by 2030” A USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Millennial Poll finds an emerging generation that is more pragmatic than … Continue reading →

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Over 30 Industry Commitments have now been made to reduce Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment

Posted on January 8, 2016 by constructionlca

Building on my earlier post, I have now found over 30 companies that have made commitments that will reduce embodied carbon in the Built Environment. These companies within the manufacturing, construction and property sector have made public commitments to reduce the … Continue reading →

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Expert Economists on Climate Change and the need to act

Posted on January 7, 2016 by constructionlca

From treehugger “The excellent Climate Consensus blog over at The Guardian just reported on some interesting research based on a survey of expert climate economists. The result? Of those economists who had actually engaged substantively with the issue of climate … Continue reading →

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Construction Industry Commitments to reduce Embodied Carbon

Posted on December 27, 2015 by constructionlca

This post has now been updated. In the lead up to COP21 in Paris, a number of companies made high profile commitments to reduce their carbon impact, but companies such as Interface, Wilmott Dixon and Marshalls have been making serious commitments to … Continue reading →

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Irish business on climate change and the need to act

Posted on December 2, 2015 by constructionlca

Taken from the Irish Times, 27 November 2015 “Today, more Irish companies (and Irish-based companies) are embracing the concepts of carbon reduction and energy efficiency, if not for their own peace of mind, then for that of their investors and … Continue reading →

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