We assess embodied and operational carbon using the RICS professional standard, show where the biggest impacts sit, and set out realistic reductions in structure, envelope and services.
When you'll need it
- Larger schemes where policy requires it
- Funder, investor or ESG reporting
- Comparing structural or facade options
- Pre-application, to set reduction targets
What's included
- Life cycle assessment to the RICS methodology
- Embodied carbon by building element
- Operational energy and carbon estimates
- Reduction options with indicative savings
- Planning or funder report in the required format
- Updated assessment at later design stages
Whole life carbon FAQs
What's the difference between embodied and operational carbon?
Embodied carbon comes from making, transporting and building with materials, and later from maintenance and demolition. Operational carbon comes from the energy the building uses once occupied.
When should whole life carbon be assessed?
At concept stage, when structural and facade choices are still open and reductions are cheapest, then updated as the design develops.
Can you work with early design information?
Yes. We can start from outline drawings and assumptions, then refine the assessment as the specification firms up.
