Author: Jane Anderson
An expert in Life Cycle Assessment for the Construction industry
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- Firms must commit to net zero to win Government contracts over £5m. gov.uk/government/new…xxx 4 days ago
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Recent Posts
- ASBP publish a comprehensive list of EPD for UK produced construction products in our new Briefing Paper
- UK Government has required Whole Life Carbon assessments, which means embodied carbon assessments, for all new public works projects and programmes since December 2020
- #RegulateEmbodiedCarbon – ACAN’s campaign
- More than 10,000 EN 15804 EPD at the start of 2021!
- When is an EPD not an EPD?
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Tag Archives: Embodied Carbon
UK Government has required Whole Life Carbon assessments, which means embodied carbon assessments, for all new public works projects and programmes since December 2020
In October 2020, the Government responded to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2020 Progress Report which had recommended to Government, in relation to embodied carbon in buildings, that the Government, “support the assessment and benchmarking of whole-life carbon in buildings.” … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN15978, regulation, Whole Life Carbon
Tagged Embodied Carbon, GLA, Government, public sector, RICS, UK, Whole Life Carbon
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Measuring Capital and Embodied Carbon for Infrastructure – Draft of PAS 2080 is out for comment
BSI are currently looking for comments on the draft of Publicly Available Specification 2080 which covers the calculation of embodied carbon and operational carbon, or as the PAS calls it, Capital and Operational Carbon for Infrastructure. According to BSI, the objective for … Continue reading
The architect’s perspective on embodied carbon
Christian Dimbleby from Architype reflects on the the UKGBC Embodied Carbon Conference last month. http://www.architype.co.uk/blog/ukgbc-embodied-carbon-conference
UK Government encourages use of Embodied Carbon and costing of Environmental Externalities in Construction Procurement
The Government’s recent Policy Note on Procurement of Steel for major projects highlights that the Public Contract Regulations (PCRs 2015) which came into force in February allow Public Procurement on the basis of environmental and social criteria, in addition to economic criteria. … Continue reading
A Developer, Contractor, Manufacturer and Consultant’s perspectives on Embodied Carbon
UKGBC member videos from their Conference on 1 October.
