The UK government has turned their focus recently on to embodied carbon in buildings and tackling the greater carbon impact of our buildings, rather than just the in use emissions. That can be a monumental task, how can one identify the carbon costs of mining, processing and transportation of materials? Does a timber double glazed window have a greater carbon cost if it is made of oak or made of pine? Is cladding better environmentally if it is green larch, or rendered woodfibre?
One possible solution is to use a monolithic database like the Green Building Calculator, to pull the numbers through for you, and we ran an introductory session on this on Monday the 11th of October.
Brian Murphy is an architect and curator/owner of the Green Building Encyclopedia ([ Ссылка ]) as well as the mind behind the Green Building Calculator, an extensive tool for calculating embodied carbon in construction.
We are hoping to focus more on embodied carbon over the coming years as it is an incredibly important topic, and you can see our upcoming events at [ Ссылка ]
Let us know your opinions on the calculator in the comments below.
