Why construction needs a consistent approach to whole-life carbon

One example of where we are seeing good practice happening is in the US, where the RLB team has been working with our American colleagues to provide cost management and sustainability services to deliver whole-life embodied carbon analysis and consultancy for the redevelopment of a convention centre.

Once complete, it will be the first zero-carbon-certified convention centre in the world. We are not only applying the RICS v2 methodology, but developing digital solutions to analyse both whole-life carbon and whole-life cost in parallel to inform future design decisions.

To date, our team has completed a baseline whole-life embodied carbon assessment based on the concept design of the scheme; completed optioneering for opportunities to reduce embodied carbon; and completed a predemolition audit to identify and inform circular economy opportunities during the deconstruction of the existing convention centre.