Abstract
Embodied Carbon in the Building Sector A new study, ‘Towards embodied carbon benchmarks for buildings in Europe’, by Ramboll, in collaboration with leading researchers from Aalborg University Build and KU Leuven sets out a framework for benchmarking and limiting the embodied carbon of new buildings. The study identifies solutions to measure embodied carbon emissions, define carbon budgets and targets. Importantly it includes recommendations for a baseline of current embodied carbon levels in new buildings, as well as considerations of the available carbon budget for these emissions. This will form the basis of a performance system in the shape of benchmarks for the reduction of embodied carbon. Download the reports #1 Facing the data challenge (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120522) #2 Setting the baseline. A bottom-up approach (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5895051) #3 Defining budget-based targets. A top-down approach (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120882) #4 Bridging the embodied carbon performance gap (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120874) Summary report - The important takeaways in short (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6397514) Learn more To learn more about the study and download the reports from the study, go to our Embodied Carbon in the Building Sector website (https://c.ramboll.com/lets-reduce-embodied-carbon)
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Cite this report
Röck M, Sørensen A, Steinmann J, Lynge K, Horup LH, Tozan B, Le Den X, Birgisdottir H (2022). Towards embodied carbon benchmarks for buildings in Europe (four-part series). Ramboll / Aalborg University. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120522
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From the project
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Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for the European Building Industry
Established a first European baseline for embodied carbon from real building data, and a budget-based way to set targets against it.
