Embodied Carbon
As thermal performance improves and operational energy reduces, embodied carbon is becoming an ever-increasing proportion of a building’s impact. So, we’re working on an exciting new research project to review a typical project in each of our main sectors.
We’ve started to test out H/B:ERT with our existing Revit models to look at how material decisions impact the overall embodied carbon of a building and how small changes can make a significant difference.
For example, changing from PIR insulation to mineral wool reduces the wall’s embodied carbon by 6% for the same u-value with just a very minor tweak. While changing from aluminium windows to composite represents a ~65% reduction!
We’re excited to discover other examples of carbon savings and help drive an industry-wide shift, so watch this space…
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