And this is not simply architectural posturing.

These days there’s a lot of discussion within the sustainable design space about targets for a future net zero state, and how that relates to both operational energy and embodied carbon.There are numerous benchmarks and targets in place for operational energy.

These include UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) targets for offices, as well as London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) targets for various building typologies.These metrics generally look at energy rather than carbon.This is partly because we know the electricity grid is going to be decarbonised.

Therefore, using electricity as our primary, or only, source of power on-site means we’ll be tracking alongside the decarbonisation of the grid.That’s well known in the industry; there’s guidance in place and our focus on sustainability in design has meant that we’ve been working towards that for years now..

Grid electricity carbon factor.

The electricity grid had a much higher carbon factor a few years ago than it does now.Maximise Lab Design with Fast Lab.

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