What is the added value of a carbon footprint report for housing in an energy certificate?
The Energy Performance Certificate was originally developed for purchase and rental situations, so that a single document can be used to identify energy efficiency and energy efficiency improvement measures in a home that could influence the purchase or understanding of a home purchase. Yet it has remained a somewhat alien and technical document that is a "must do". The Energy Performance Certificate is still house specific and gives a broad indication of either the exact or [...]
Level(s) - low-carbon construction and the future of new building
Level(s) is a standard created by the European Union to guide construction and large-scale renovation projects to be as responsible as possible. Level(s) has six objectives and within each of these objectives there are 16 indicators to measure the achievement of the objectives. The most familiar is certainly the first objective, to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings throughout their life cycle. Other targets include reducing water use, comfortable and well-ventilated buildings, whole [...]
5 reasons why small businesses should take an interest in their carbon footprint
1. Increasingly, large companies will have to focus their sustainability targets on Scope 3 emissions From 2023, sustainability reporting will be mandatory for all large companies with more than 250 employees. But large, global companies have been reporting on their own emissions for years and it is clear that the targets for large companies are increasingly shifting towards reducing supply and value chain (scope 3) emissions. There is no [...]
