COP26 - Promoting the Whole Life Carbon Benefits of Natural Stone
While the UK is currently hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, the conversation around the importance of delivering a more sustainable built environment has never been more prominent.
As specifiers become increasingly aware that a ‘business as usual’ approach to the carbon impacts of architecture and construction is no longer an option, there is a fresh drive to consider and reduce the ‘whole-life carbon’ impact of a building.
In short, whole-life carbon includes both embodied carbon and operational (in-use) carbon. It includes the material extraction or creation and transport as well as lifetime emissions from maintenance, repair, replacement and disposal of the materials.
There have been a number of studies comparing the whole-life carbon impact of different construction materials including natural stone.
To help architects, designers, contractors, clients and members understand the carbon benefits of natural stone, we have compiled some of these studies into a blog that explores the subject.
To read the article, click here, or to tell us the ways that your company is working to reduce its carbon footprint, send your stories to matt@stonefed.org.uk.
We will compile these case studies and use them to highlight what the natural stone industry is doing to help reduce the carbon emissions of the built environment.