Abstract
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the built environment, necessitates an integrated approach to development, which moves beyond nZEB to zero-emission buildings (ZEB), maximising return on embodied-carbon utilised and facilitating low operational-carbon patterns-of-use. A key insight and call-to-action emerges from the understanding that the life-cycle expectancy of services is a third of that of fabric, resulting in M&E being a significant repeat ‘embodied-carbon-cost’ across the lifetime of any development, thus making a reduction in carbon emissions, commensurable, with our carbon-budget, particularly difficult. The conclusion of the research is the recommendation of a virtuous circle incorporating (i) improved building performance, facilitating (ii) reduced embodied-carbon of M&E services, which when matched with (iii) maximum on-site renewables, leads to (iii) significant support for local electrical-grids to reduce peak demand.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Fit for 2050 - Delivering buildings and defining performance for a net zero built environment |
Place of Publication | London |
Number of pages | 21 |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 11 Apr 2024 |
Event | CIBSE Technical Symposium, 2024 - UK, Cardiff Duration: 11 Apr 2024 → 12 Apr 2024 |
Conference
Conference | CIBSE Technical Symposium, 2024 |
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City | Cardiff |
Period | 11/04/24 → 12/04/24 |
Keywords
- Carbon-budget
- Embodied-carbon
- Operational-Carbon
- nZEB
- ZEB