This makes codification easier.
It’s only after passive design strategies are considered that we look at efficient equipment selections, renewable technology and low/zero carbon technology.In other words, when we look towards sustainable design, the focus on sustainable architecture must come before the focus on sustainable services..
Operational carbon - industry benchmarks.The second part of the net-zero carbon equation is the operational carbon, for which there are currently fewer benchmarks.These are still in development by the industry.
However, some have been released by LETI, RIBA and others, and there is an effort within the industry to get them aligned.What we need now is for organisations, clients and engineers to do the calculations to find out what the embodied carbon is within their building designs — both at the design stage and post completion.
We need to be monitoring what is actually going into buildings, compared to what we think should be going in.
This means that contractors need to get on board as well.Engineered timber is a sustainable product due to its low carbon footprint.
It’s also lightweight, strong, stable, easy to handle, suitable for prefabrication, has thermal properties, as well as great aesthetic appeal..Extract of data published by Price and Myers for the embodied carbon of superstructures in projects with 2 to 10 storeys and excluding basements.. Today, engineered timber is a suitable solution to reduce embodied carbon in buildings but this may change in the future once the construction industry moves towards new materials as an alternative to standard concrete and steel.. Constructing with timber presents its own technical challenges, but using a science-based approach to find the best solution means we can deliver not just an honest building but a resilient, high-quality asset.. End of life global warming impact.
Although timber captures carbon, if left to rot naturally in an open-air landfill, it releases the stored carbon as well as methane, which has a greater global warming impact than CO2.If incinerated, it generates energy and does not release methane but still releases the stored carbon along with other pollutants.
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