2Whole life carbon – practical application
Reducing embodied and whole life carbon through the RIBA work stages
It is possible at every RIBA stage to examine options to reduce the whole life carbon cost of a building.1 To optimise the overall carbon reduction potential of a project, each stage should be considered from the outset. Every building should be thought of as an organism that evolves over time after it is ‘finished’; the architects and engineers who design it are responsible for setting up the most carbon-efficient process for the building’s whole life. The following is a summary of how a ‘carbon consultant’ (CC) might work within a project team. Chapter 6 sets out the calculation methodology for each of the BS EN 15978 modules. ...
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