Life cycle carbon analysis of a six-storey residential building

An example of a whole-life carbon assessment can be found in The Concrete Centre publication ‘Life cycle carbon analysis of a six-storey residential building’. This provides details of a whole-life carbon assessment of an apartment building in London, carried out using life cycle analysis (LCA) in accordance with the RICS whole-life carbon assessment methodology and BS EN 15978:2011. The guide is authored by The Concrete Centre and draws on technical analysis completed by Max Fordham, on behalf of The Concrete Centre. The initial designs that formed the basis of the analysis were developed by Adam Khan Architects, Price and Myers (structural engineer) and Max Fordham (environmental and services engineer). The apartment block was modeled firstly with a concrete frame and then with an equivalent CLT structure, allowing some comparisons to be made.

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