Energy efficiency, which reduces only buildings' operational carbon footprint, is not enough for transition to low carbon buildings.
67-76% of the total buildings' GHG emissions are
embodied, i.e. associated with the extraction, transportation, and manufacture
of materials and elements, as well as with construction processes and services.
The report [https://lnkd.in/gfYRHc4] published by Architects Climate
Action Network proposes a set of policies, regulations, and
actions to be urgently adopted for the dramatic reduction of embodied carbon
emissions in the UK.
According to World Green Building
Council [https://lnkd.in/g2nXm8J], currently, buildings account for 39% of energy-related
global CO2 emissions.
Architecture 2030 estimates that new construction creates more than 3.7
billion metric tons of embodied carbon emissions annually [https://lnkd.in/gACCNx2].
