Despite its importance, embodied carbon has historically been difficult to measure, compare, and reduce in a meaningful way. The desire across the industry for this level of carbon management, is arguably a post- Covid pandemic global action. This is where EC3 and management tools like CarbonCentric, can change everything.

Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) offers a promising solution. Unlike traditional approaches that focus solely on energy use during a building's operation, WLCA considers the entire lifecycle: from the raw materials used in construction to the emissions generated during operation, maintenance, and even demolition. It provides a full picture view of a building's carbon footprint, and with that, a powerful opportunity to reduce it.

UK’s NZC Buildings Standard sets new benchmarks for real-world net-zero buildings. Mainer Associates leads the way through pilot projects and innovation

Only by accurately measuring and recording carbon emissions can the industry work to meet net zero goals to confront this planet-wide challenge and developing and deploying this methodology, is crucial for supporting the built environment sector and the world in their aim to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.

Located in Leeds’ urban quarter, 11 & 12 Wellington Place is one of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings. Mainer Associates were able to reduce the embodied carbon target by 333kg CO2e/m2, but how did we do it?

It used to be the case that organisations shied away from using reclaimed structural steel, due to a certain stigma regarding reusing anything that is integral to buildings’ structure. So what’s changed?