47 us at Thornton Tomasetti asking how they can make reductions , and I have been personally involved in a number of initiatives to ensure there is embodied carbon regulation at government level . The London Energy Transformation Initiative ( LETI ) is a network of over 250 built environment professionals who work together to put London on the path to a zero-carbon future . The voluntary group provides guidance for both designers and planners to help them achieve net-zero , and they are
making huge strides to reach targets by 2030 .
Pressure needs to be placed on manufacturers to give designers more material options that are not ‘ green taxed ’, and developments and products need to be rated on their embodied carbon performance and not just their operational performance . We need to put pressure on standards committees to review codes that force over-designing and the over-specifying of materials .
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