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“ IN ORDER TO DELIVER NET- ZERO BUILDINGS THAT ARE TRULY SUSTAINABLE , WE MUST ALWAYS CONSIDER THE WHOLE LIFE CARBON OF THE BUILDING FROM THE OUTSET ”
— Duncan Cox , Sustainability Lead , Thornton Tomasetti onsite and / or offsite renewable energy sources — with ‘ net-zero energy buildings ’ becoming more common . My concern , and one that is shared by many others , is that the definition of a net-zero energy building often neglects to consider the other form of carbon emissions — embodied carbon . Embodied carbon refers to carbon dioxide emitted during the manufacture , transport and construction of building materials , together with end
DECEMBER 2019