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	There are a number of key documents that are freely available and help explain what whole life carbon is, why it is important and how to calculate it for a building design, some of these are given below.		There are a number of key documents that are freely available and help explain what whole life carbon is, why it is important and how to calculate it for a building design, some of these are given below.

−	* The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [https://www~~.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww~~.rics.org~~%2Fglobalassets%2Frics~~-~~website%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Fwhole~~-~~life~~-~~carbon~~-~~assessment~~-~~for~~-~~the~~--~~built~~-~~environment~~-~~november~~-~~2017.pdf&usg=AOvVaw24inYOTslvihTUz0cbYFlY~~ Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment - RICS]	+	* The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [https://www.rics.org/news-insights/rics-launches-new-global-edition-of-its-ground-breaking-whole-life-carbon-assessment-standard Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment - RICS V2]
	* The Royal Institution of British Architects [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.architecture.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fgathercontent%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-architects%2Fadditional-documents%2F11241wholelifecarbonguidancev7pdf.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0eyD1mI7DylM2X1L6ZjWC6 Embodied and whole life carbon assessment for architects]		* The Royal Institution of British Architects [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.architecture.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fgathercontent%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-architects%2Fadditional-documents%2F11241wholelifecarbonguidancev7pdf.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0eyD1mI7DylM2X1L6ZjWC6 Embodied and whole life carbon assessment for architects]
	* The Association of Sustainable Buildings Products [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECEEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasbp.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FWLC_implementation_in_the_built_environment_PDF.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2KNlr_iuIDbjzfxfCVFQP4 Whole life carbon measurement: implementation in the built environment]		* The Association of Sustainable Buildings Products [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECEEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasbp.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FWLC_implementation_in_the_built_environment_PDF.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2KNlr_iuIDbjzfxfCVFQP4 Whole life carbon measurement: implementation in the built environment]

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	A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment and studies will normally divide the whole life assessment into system boundaries from cradle to cradle according to the standard BS EN 15978-1 Sustainability of construction works - Methodology for the assessment of performance of buildings. - Part 1: Environmental Performance. This standard looks at a number of different impact categories across a building life cycle, how ever the same principles are used when the only impact category being studied is carbon equivalent emissions.		A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment and studies will normally divide the whole life assessment into system boundaries from cradle to cradle according to the standard BS EN 15978-1 Sustainability of construction works - Methodology for the assessment of performance of buildings. - Part 1: Environmental Performance. This standard looks at a number of different impact categories across a building life cycle, how ever the same principles are used when the only impact category being studied is carbon equivalent emissions.
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	Studies have shown that when a building is assessed over a full life cycle of 60 years the carbon emissions that are associated with all processes up to its final completion can be up to 50% of the buildings associated carbon emissions.		Studies have shown that when a building is assessed over a full life cycle of 60 years the carbon emissions that are associated with all processes up to its final completion can be up to 50% of the buildings associated carbon emissions.

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	A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment and studies will normally divide the whole life assessment into system boundaries from cradle to cradle according to the standard BS EN 15978-1 Sustainability of construction works - Methodology for the assessment of performance of buildings. - Part 1: Environmental Performance. This standard looks at a number of different impact categories across a building life cycle, how ever the same principles are used when the only impact category being studied is carbon equivalent emissions.		A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment and studies will normally divide the whole life assessment into system boundaries from cradle to cradle according to the standard BS EN 15978-1 Sustainability of construction works - Methodology for the assessment of performance of buildings. - Part 1: Environmental Performance. This standard looks at a number of different impact categories across a building life cycle, how ever the same principles are used when the only impact category being studied is carbon equivalent emissions.

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	Studies have shown that when a building is assessed over a full life cycle of 60 years the carbon emissions that are associated with all processes up to its final completion can be up to 50% of the buildings associated carbon emissions.		Studies have shown that when a building is assessed over a full life cycle of 60 years the carbon emissions that are associated with all processes up to its final completion can be up to 50% of the buildings associated carbon emissions.
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	There are a number of key documents that are freely available and help explain what whole life carbon is, why it is important and how to calculate it for a building design, some of these are given below.		There are a number of key documents that are freely available and help explain what whole life carbon is, why it is important and how to calculate it for a building design, some of these are given below.

−	The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rics.org%2Fglobalassets%2Frics-website%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-the--built-environment-november-2017.pdf&usg=AOvVaw24inYOTslvihTUz0cbYFlY Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment - RICS]	+	* The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rics.org%2Fglobalassets%2Frics-website%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-the--built-environment-november-2017.pdf&usg=AOvVaw24inYOTslvihTUz0cbYFlY Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment - RICS]
		+	* The Royal Institution of British Architects [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.architecture.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fgathercontent%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-architects%2Fadditional-documents%2F11241wholelifecarbonguidancev7pdf.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0eyD1mI7DylM2X1L6ZjWC6 Embodied and whole life carbon assessment for architects]
		+	* The Association of Sustainable Buildings Products [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECEEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasbp.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FWLC_implementation_in_the_built_environment_PDF.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2KNlr_iuIDbjzfxfCVFQP4 Whole life carbon measurement: implementation in the built environment]
		+	* Low Energy Transformation Initiative [https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment]
		+	* The Institution of Structural Engineers [https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf]

−	~~The Royal Institution of British Architects~~ [https://www.~~google~~.com/~~url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.architecture.com%2F~~-~~%2Fmedia%2Fgathercontent%2Fwhole~~-~~life-carbon-assessment-for-architects%2Fadditional-documents%2F11241wholelifecarbonguidancev7pdf.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0eyD1mI7DylM2X1L6ZjWC6 Embodied~~ and ~~whole life carbon assessment for architects~~]	+	NB [https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/standards/pas-2080/ PAS 2080:2023 Carbon management in buildings and infrastructure, second edition], published by The British Standards Institution in March 2023, defines whole life carbon as the: ‘sum of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from all work stages of a project and/or programme of works within the specified boundaries…. NOTE 1 This includes GHG emissions and removals within the project/programme boundary, as well as emissions/removals between the project/programme and study boundary. NOTE 2 Not to be confused with “design life”, which is the life expectancy of the material/product/asset, as defined by its designers within its specified parameters. Typically, whole life is longer than design life. NOTE 3 Whole life carbon considerations for a project and programme of works are wider than the typical life cycle assessments account for, particularly when considering carbon emissions/removals in their influence at a system level.’
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−	The Association of Sustainable Buildings Products [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECEEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasbp.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FWLC_implementation_in_the_built_environment_PDF.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2KNlr_iuIDbjzfxfCVFQP4 Whole life carbon ~~measurement: implementation in~~ the ~~built environment]~~	+
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−	~~Low Energy Transformation Initiative [https~~:/~~/www~~.~~leti.uk~~/~~carbonalignment https:~~//~~www~~.~~leti.uk/carbonalignment]~~	+
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−	~~The Institution~~ of ~~Structural Engineers [https:~~//~~www~~.~~istructe~~.~~org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-~~carbon~~.pdf https:~~/~~/www~~.~~istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf]~~	+

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	The Institution of Structural Engineers [https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf]		The Institution of Structural Engineers [https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf]
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	Low Energy Transformation Initiative [https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment]		Low Energy Transformation Initiative [https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment]
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		+	The Institution of Structural Engineers [https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf https://www.istructe.org/IStructE/media/Public/TSE-Archive/2020/A-brief-guide-to-calculating-embodied-carbon.pdf]

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−	Whole life, building life cycle or full building carbon assessments consider the combined impacts of both operational and embodied carbon emissions over a building's ~~entire~~ lifecycle.	+	Whole life, building life cycle or full building carbon assessments consider the combined impacts of both operational and embodied carbon emissions over a building's ent9ire lifecycle, including repair and replacement cycles. Carbon in this case usually refers to carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) which is a metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases on the basis of their global-warming potential (GWP), by converting amounts of other gases to the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide ( often shortened to just carbon) with the same global warming potential.

−	Operational emissions from the use of a building or asset are divided into direct emissions, such as a wood burning stove or gas cooker, called Scope 1 emissions and indirect emissions, from for example electricity used in the dwelling but produced via a coal fired power station, which are called Scope 2 emissions. Embodied or Scope 3 emissions are effectively all other emissions that might relate to the construction of a building, the carbon emissions resulting from the materials, construction and the use of a building over its entire life, including its demolition, disposal or re-use~~. A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment~~.	+	Operational emissions from the use of a building or asset are divided into direct emissions, such as a wood burning stove or gas cooker, called Scope 1 emissions and indirect emissions, from for example electricity used in the dwelling but produced via a coal fired power station, which are called Scope 2 emissions. Embodied or Scope 3 emissions are effectively all other emissions that might relate to the construction of a building, the carbon emissions resulting from the materials, construction and the use of a building over its entire life, including its demolition, disposal or re-use.

−	[[File:~~Life cycle DB med~~.jpg]]	+	A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment and studies will normally divide the whole life assessment into system boundaries from cradle to cradle according to the standard BS EN 15978-1 Sustainability of construction works - Methodology for the assessment of performance of buildings. - Part 1: Environmental Performance. This standard looks at a number of different impact categories across a building life cycle, how ever the same principles are used when the only impact category being studied is carbon equivalent emissions.
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		+	[[File:Life_cycle_DB_med.jpg\|link=File:Life_cycle_DB_med.jpg]]
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		+	Studies have shown that when a building is assessed over a full life cycle of 60 years the carbon emissions that are associated with all processes up to its final completion can be up to 50% of the buildings associated carbon emissions.
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		+	There are a number of key documents that are freely available and help explain what whole life carbon is, why it is important and how to calculate it for a building design, some of these are given below.
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		+	The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rics.org%2Fglobalassets%2Frics-website%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-the--built-environment-november-2017.pdf&usg=AOvVaw24inYOTslvihTUz0cbYFlY Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment - RICS]
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		+	The Royal Institution of British Architects [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.architecture.com%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fgathercontent%2Fwhole-life-carbon-assessment-for-architects%2Fadditional-documents%2F11241wholelifecarbonguidancev7pdf.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0eyD1mI7DylM2X1L6ZjWC6 Embodied and whole life carbon assessment for architects]
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		+	The Association of Sustainable Buildings Products [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjtqIXhvNX8AhXYhf0HHeMqDA4QFnoECEEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasbp.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FWLC_implementation_in_the_built_environment_PDF.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2KNlr_iuIDbjzfxfCVFQP4 Whole life carbon measurement: implementation in the built environment]
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		+	Low Energy Transformation Initiative [https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment https://www.leti.uk/carbonalignment]
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		+	* Carbon dioxide equivalent
		+	* Carbon.
		+	* Carbon dioxide.
		+	* Carbon footprint.
		+	* Embodied energy.
		+	* Energy consumption.
		+	* Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
		+	* Energy targets.
		+	* Greenhouse gases.
		+	* The sustainability of construction works.
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		+	[[Category:DCN_Commentary]] [[Category:DCN_Definition]] [[Category:DCN_Organisation]] [[Category:DCN_Project_Knowledge]] [[Category:DCN_Research,_Development_and_Innovation]] [[Category:DCN_Template]] [[Category:Projects_and_case_studies]] [[Category:Publications_/_reports]] [[Category:Research_/_Innovation]] [[Category:Standards_/_measurements]] [[Category:Sustainability]]

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−	~~#redirect:[[Embodied_carbon\|~~Embodied carbon]]	+	Whole life, building life cycle or full building carbon assessments consider the combined impacts of both operational and embodied carbon emissions over a building's entire lifecycle.
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		+	Operational emissions from the use of a building or asset are divided into direct emissions, such as a wood burning stove or gas cooker, called Scope 1 emissions and indirect emissions, from for example electricity used in the dwelling but produced via a coal fired power station, which are called Scope 2 emissions. Embodied or Scope 3 emissions are effectively all other emissions that might relate to the construction of a building, the carbon emissions resulting from the materials, construction and the use of a building over its entire life, including its demolition, disposal or re-use. A Whole Life Cycle Carbon assessment provides a true picture of a building's carbon impact on the environment.
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