RIBA, RICS and UKGBC among bodies drawing up plans to remove “ambiguities” around measurement of carbon emissions
A standard for verifying buildings as net zero carbon is being developed by a group of industry bodies including RIBA and the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC).
The UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard is to be a single agreed methodology that will allow developers, architects and building occupiers to prove that a building is net zero.
A steering group drawing up the initiative also includes the BRE, RICS and CIBSE.
该标准将涵盖新建和现有建筑，并将为建筑和运营期间的碳排放设定性能指标。
It will align with the UK’s two main carbon targets - a 78% reduction of emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2050.
The standard will also cover the procurement of renewable energy and the treatment of residual emissions, including carbon offsetting.
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RIBA president Simon Allford said the initiative will address “ambiguities” around the meaning of net zero and “develop a common understanding, based on clear performance targets, to support all those involved in the procurement, design, construction and operation of buildings.”
RICS interim chief executive Richard Collins added that the standard was a “big step forward” that would provide independent verification that a building “that claims to be net zero, stands up to that claim”.
The steering group areasking for views on the standard to be provided from across the industryas part of an engagement period which ends on 6 June.
More formal consultations will be carried out once work on the standard begins in earnest in July.
Last year the UKGBC published itsWhole Life Carbon Roadmap, a document outlining how buildings can achieve net zero from construction to the end of their lifetime as built assets.
Dozens of major industry names are also backing proposals to introduce embodied carbon limits to schemes in the planning stages.
Known as Part Z, the initiative was introduced to parliament in February butlater withdrawn by its MP sponsor, Duncan Baker.
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