new chapter in the future of the European building sector, and position your business to benefit.
We know that the only way for real change is to reduce emissions from materials, construction, and
energy use over a building’s whole life-time. Material environmental impacts are also worth credits
in green building certification schemes, and on way to be regulated in most European countries. This
helps to develop less costly buildings, too.
Buildings typically cost more to run over 30 years than to build – and due to life-spans up to a century, opportunities for cost reduction are significant.
How your business can benefit from joining the program’s benchmarking and education activities
Do you know where your projects stand in carbon terms? So far, very few organisations can
benchmark the life-cycle carbon performance of their buildings to the market. The first issue is that everyone does carbon footprinting or life-cycle assessment (LCA) using the same standards.
A unified and standardized approach for calculating and capturing carbon benchmark data is now
available. It uses European Standards developed by CEN, the European standardisation organisation,
as well as Levels(s), a European Commission framework for building sustainability performance.
By joining the life-cycle and carbon benchmark platform you can:
1. Find out how your buildings perform vs. the market – and use it for marketing or catch up
2. Increase your building rating by leveraging green building certification LCA & LCC credits
3. Develop new skills and competence about project carbon accounting and management
4. Showcase your commitment to carbon reductions by participating in benchmarking
An international education and benchmark program that is open for all businesses
Interested in using carbon footprinting, LCA, life-cycle cost and resource efficiency for business? The
program gives you tools to understand where you stand and manage your carbon reduction journey.
Participants get:
1. Training and extensive support
2. Green building credits for applicable projects
3. Extensive market benchmark data
Participants give:
1. Their time / resources to perform assessments
2. Use of their logo for promoting the program
3. Project results to anonymous benchmarking
Investors can join the program by requiring their service providers to perform required analyses.
The program can be joined by organisations working on construction projects anywhere globally.
Read more on www.carbonbenchmark.com