Wondered How Eco4 Scheme Transforms Your Carbon Footprint?

The post Wondered How Eco4 Scheme Transforms Your Carbon Footprint? appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Imagine your carbon footprint is like a shadow you leave behind. Every time you do something that uses energy, like riding a bus, playing video games, or even eating a snack, it creates a bit of CO2. It is in fact like a tiny puff of smoke. All those puffs together make up your carbon […]

Arup and WBCSD urge industry to standardise carbon footprint measurement

Arup and World Business Council for Sustainable Development call for standardisation of building carbon emissions data.

Arup pushes for whole life carbon reporting

As a UN-led buildings and climate summit opens today, consulting engineer Arup and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have joined forces to call for consistency in measuring the carbon footprint of buildings.

Perega launches Carbon Calculator for ‘sustainable engineering’

Helps clients assess the whole carbon footprint of their projects, from inception to completion The post Perega launches Carbon Calculator for ‘sustainable engineering’ appeared first on AEC Magazine.

Why is nobody talking about 1 Undershaft’s carbon footprint?

The Architects’ JournalWhy is nobody talking about 1 Undershaft’s carbon footprint? The vast environmental cost of Eric Parry’s proposed City of London skyscraper highlights the urgent need for mandatory whole-life carbon assessments, writes Matt Mahony The post Why is nobody talking about 1 Undershaft’s carbon footprint? appeared first on The Architects’ Journalwill hurst

RICS - Reducing carbon through facilities management: Scope 3 emissions 26062023

Building operations and management are an essential means to improve the environmental performance of a building. Yet a building’s carbon footprint is more than its embodied carbon and operational energy use. During this session a panel of experts discuss the importance, challenges and emerging pathways for FM to address Scope 3 emissions - the indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain

RICS - WBEF - Affordable net zero housing in the world’s urban megacities, 06032023

Affordable and innovative green housing will accelerate the transition to net zero and conversely, if new housing is not climate friendly, it will negatively impact the climate threat. Can net zero, healthy, smart homes be affordable? How are the world’s megacities adapting, and what are the prime examples?

Belinda Carr - 5 things to consider when choosing Building Materials, 22102022

Can we apply the principles of Food Pyramids to our buildings? Can we rate structures based on the environmental impact of materials used to build them? That’s exactly what the Construction Material Pyramid hopes to achieve. Developed in 2019 by the Center for Industrialized Architecture and Hennig Larsen Architects, the pyramid highlights the environmental impact of the most used construction materials like structural steel, aluminum, double and triple paned windows, insulation, lumber & more

Belinda Carr - The Era of Wood Skyscrapers is here! 22072022

The invention of mass timber and engineered wood is spurring the next generation of sustainable and resilient skyscrapers. To improve the properties of wood and make it even stronger than steel and concrete, moisture resistant glues are added in between layers of wood to make engineered mass timber products.

Engineering with Rosie - Cleaning up the Clean Energy Transition: Lithium Mining's Environmental Challenges, 16092021

Do we have enough lithium for all the batteriers we'll need in the future, and can lithium mining and processing ever be green? In this video Rosie talks with chemical engineer Alex Grant to find out.

Has anyone had any experience trying to recover ppe for reuse?

What strategies have you found most effective to engage people working on construction projects to reduce carbon emissions?

ESG PRO Limited

Cercula

We provide whole life carbon solutions to help construction professionals to reduce their building’s carbon footprint without disrupting their workflow.