Whole Life Carbon Conventions
"Whole Life Carbon Conventions for New Homes: Developed by the sector – comprising of developers, manufacturers and whole life carbon experts – the Future Homes Hub (FHH) Whole Life Carbon Conventions for New Homes aim to help businesses across the sector share and report whole life carbon assessments on a consistent basis."
https://www.futurehomes.org.uk/wlc-tool#WholeLifeCarbonConventionsforNewHomes (see link and below for details)
"The WLC conventions:
- Drive consistency of WLC assessment outputs by agreeing the assumptions and conventions relevant for new homes sector.
- Help the sector move towards mainstream measurement and disclosure – building awareness and engaging the mass market.
The Conventions reference the same core methodology defined by EN 15978 and RICS PS 2023 and can be used with any commercial assessment tool.
- FHH WLC Conventions for New Homes V1.0 – May 2024
- FHH WLC Conventions V2.0 APPENDIX A – Default Materials and Assumptions
- FHH WLC Conventions V1.0 APPENDIX B.1 – Dwelling Level Reporting Template
- FHH WLC Conventions V1.0 APPENDIX B.2 – Project Level Reporting Template
- FHH WLC Conventions V1.0 APPENDIX C – Component Benchmarks
Thank you to all of those who have contributed their time. See the Embodied and whole life carbon project page for the list of those involved."
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