Embodied carbon represents the emissions generated by the materials within a building. It is broken down into three key stages:
- Upfront emissions: the carbon emissions arising from sourcing raw materials, transport, manufacturing, and constructing the building (including any wastage)
- In-use emissions: the carbon emissions arising from cleaning, maintenance, and replacement, including any leakage of refrigerant
- End-of-life: the carbon emissions associated with demolition/deconstruction and disposal of waste
The Sustainability Group has established an Embodied Carbon subcommittee. This subcommittee will advise the main Sustainability Group committee on matters related to embodied carbon to help meet the aims of the Group.
The members are as follows:
Chair: Joe Jack Williams (Vice-Chair of the Sustainability Group)
Members:
Louise Hamot
Clara Bagenal-George
Harry Sumner
Sarah Bousquet
Jake Timothy-Dorward
Giles Alvarenga
Simon Wyatt
Tom Greenhill
Ouiam Rhersellah
Ben Abel
Mohsen Vazirian
Brad Hill
Theo Meslin
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TM65 Embodied carbon in building services: A calculation methodology (2021)
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DT65 Embodied Carbon Calculator: United Kingdom (beta v1.5) (2024)
The CIBSE Embodied Carbon Calculator is intended to support consultants, researchers and manufacturers in implementing the TM65 methodology to calculate the embodied carbon of building services equipment where no environmental product declaration is available.
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