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Project-based carbon footprinting in construction

Please give us your feedback to help with the development of a cost-effective carbon footprinting method

Increasingly, clients and principal contractors are requiring contractors to provide information on the planned ‘carbon footprint’ of their contribution to the construction process – what we will refer to as ‘project-based carbon footprinting’.

Feedback from contractors confirms that the number - and diversity - of these requirements/ enquiries is increasing. These naturally include fossil energy use (such as site energy use or transport) but may also include the ‘embodied carbon’ in installed and other construction materials.

About the survey
CIRIA is co-ordinating a programme that aims to assess the feasibility of identifying a widely acceptable method for construction contractors to effectively measure and report their project-based carbon footprints to clients and principal contractors.

The first stage of the programme involves gathering information on current practice across the construction industry. We welcome responses to our questionnaire.

The findings will feed into a workshop to assess if there is a widely accepted method that will allow contractors to effectively measure and report project-based carbon footprints to clients and principal contractors.

The survey will close on Tuesday 13 July 2010.

Find out more about the background of project.

Take part in the survey now.

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