The building and construction sector accounts for 39% of global emissions and represents a great opportunity to help Australia transition to a low emissions economy.
Embodied carbon in the production of building materials is responsible for 28% of emissions from the building and construction sector globally. Edge Environment estimate the embodied carbon emissions of materials used in Australia is 30 to 50 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) per year (for domestic production), which is approximately five to ten per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions. 5-10% is the estimated proportion of Australia’s annual emissions linked to embodied carbon of building materials.
As Cost Managers our key expertise is cost planning and quantification of materials for buildings, construction, and infrastructure projects. This skillset lends itself directly to the calculation of Upfront Carbon emissions and more importantly, the process of “Embodied Carbon Cost Management”.
THE MEASUREMENT OF EMBODIED CARBON CAN BE CATEGORISED INTO FOUR STAGES.
WT SERVICES
The key to our services is ensuring you understand your options in real time. We provide Digital Analytics and Insights allowing you to make data-driven decisions which improve your project outcomes
Benchmarking
We provide advice on an appropriate reference design and measurement thereof, to set a benchmark project.
Detailed Measures
The measurement of embodied carbon emissions on at each stage of the design process, derived from our cost plans, providing reconciliations to both budget and carbon reduction targets.
Multi-scenarios
Multiple-scenarios, design-level advice for reducing embodied carbon emissions and associated cost impacts as the design evolves.
Live Dashboard
A live Carbon Dashboard is providing real time analytics to assist you in making data-driven decisions at all stages of the design process. To monitor the agreed target and actual carbon reduction in design.
Material Procurement
Following the completion of the design, the next phase of carbon reduction potential is in procurement. The procurement of more environmentally conscious materials can assist in the level of carbon reduction.
Operational Emissions
High level assessment for reducing operational emissions.
Final Report
A final report on achieved carbon reductions (to assist with Greenstar and/or carbon neutral certification).
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Our team have a great depth of experience in this emerging field.
