To achieve net zero in the built environment, we must agree on carbon measurement

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A consistent, rigorous and global approach is needed for measuring the embodied carbon in buildings - which is where the new BREEAM methodology comes in, writes BRE's Tom Wilson

The built environment is responsible for 39 per cent of global energy-related carbon emissions. Yet as the sector progresses toward net zero, it faces a critical challenge - the absence of a universally...

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