In the context of the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, total carbon management is the process of measuring and managing the sum of a building’s embodied and operational carbon. “What’s tricky is that the termnet zerois often only used to describe addressing operatio...
As the world embarks on a mission towards a net-zero environment, here are some terms that encompass net-zero architecture.
Net-Zero-Carbon Concrete: What It Is and How to Make It PossibleCategory Concrete Best Practices General Concrete Practices Most Popular Sustainable Construction Published on January 28, 2022 Like many in the construction industry, you’d probably love it if net-zero-carbon concrete were available ...
A net-zero gain of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere would be achieved when the level of GHG emissions released into the atmosphere is equal to the level of emissions that are removed. This is also referred to as “carbon neutrality.”...
without necessarily reducing the amount they generate in the first place. Net zero, on the other hand, is achieved by reducing overall emissions and using offsets in the case of unavoidable residual emissions. The SBTi can be used to validate net zero efforts, but not claims of carbon neutral...
What Is low-carbon development? Low-carbon development is a holistic approach to design and construction that comprises evolving, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly practices used to build a better future. Broadly defined, it’s development “that meets the needs of the present without ...
Net zerois to bring those greenhouse emissions as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphere by other means, such as oceans or forests. Why do we need to decarbonise? While some GHGs occur in the environment naturally, it ...
The Zero Carbon policy is intended to create a kind of ecological balance to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions. Several studies report that the construction sector is one of the main responsible for the unbalance in which we find ourselves today, after all, it consumes natural resources on a ...
Decarbonisation fast facts A study byCarbon Briefin 2019 found that the UK’s carbon emissions have decreased by38%since 1990, which is faster than any other major developed nation The UK has committed to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 byenshrining this goal as law, and announcing...
Barratt Developments, the UK’s largest housebuilder, has built a unique flagship zero carbon home concept called the Zed House that will be occupied and monitored to assess its performance. It is the first new home in the country built by a major housebuilder to ...