Green Building: Cutting carbon-embodied emissions
5 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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By: Graham Skellern
Warren and Mahoney has launched a three-year PhD study to produce a framework for reducing carbon emissions in the design of buildings.
The thesis is titled: Starting a new paragraph in designing low carbon architecture in New Zealand.
Fiona Short, associate principal with Warren and Mahoney, said "if we are to reach our climate change targets in New Zealand and internationally, we need to understand the full picture of embodied carbon in buildings (emissions associated with building materials such as steel, concrete and carpet).
"At present the industry focus is on operational carbon use, but as our buildings become more energy efficient the carbon emitted to create the materials becomes more important."