Decarbonization in the Built Environment: Addressing Embodied Carbon in MEP Systems
This paper charts new territory by spotlighting the carbon associated with embodied carbon in operating systems in buildings, identifying the many opportunities to cut that carbon, and highlighting the emerging approaches to track and identify that carbon.
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The Sustainable Buildings Taskforce has outlined the significance of accounting for the embodied carbon of a building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, identifies key challenges and proposes strategies for approaching the estimation and mitigating measures.