BREEAM and LEED Green Certification Schemes Are ‘Meaningless’ Says Andrew Waugh
Environmental certification schemes such as BREEAM and LEED focus largely on operational emissions rather than CO₂ from the construction supply chain. However, embodied carbon emissions comprise around half of all emissions from buildings. The certification systems focus chiefly on operational carbon. Where 3% of th ...
Posted on 06/11/21
The Green Brief: Gas, Nuclear and the EU Taxonomy Saga
The European Commission must determine which economic activities in the EU can be labeled as a sustainable investment based on their meeting strict environmental criteria. It is expected that the Sustainable Finance and EU Taxonomy will define nuclear power as a “green”, “transition”, or even an "amber" technology. T ...
Posted on 04/11/21
Level(s)
Level(s) specifies technical screening criteria for investments in the built environment that support the EU’s objective to reduce the whole-life carbon impact of new buildings. It is part of the Sustainable Finance and EU Taxonomy package that defines activities that contribute significantly to climate change mitigat ...
Posted on 04/11/21
Why It’s Time to Get Serious About Embodied Energy
Embodied energy is the energy consumed by all processes associated with the production of a product – from the mining and processing of natural resources to the manufacturing, transport and delivery of the finished product. It is the energy consumed in the extraction of materials and production of the products used to ...
Posted on 03/11/21
How Does Nuclear Energy Affect the Environment?
Nuclear energy is propagated by science, companies, and governments as a source of clean energy source, as opposed to CO2-producing plants. However, the effects nuclear energy has on the environment pose serious threats that cannot be ignored or greenwashed. The principal environmental and safety concerns are CO2 emi ...
Posted on 01/11/21
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