The IGBC recently launched its Roadmap to Decarbonise Ireland’s Built Environment.  For the first time ever, this roadmap looks at the impact of the construction and built environment in Ireland across its whole life cycle. It shows that the construction and built environment sectors account for 37% of Ireland’s carbon emissions, equalling agriculture. Just under twothirds (23%) of these emissions come from operating buildings but more than a third (14%) comes from the manufacture, transport and installation of building materials themselves – usually referred to as ‘Embodied Carbon’. Policies and regulation to date have mainly focused on reducing operational emissions, however, without urgently addressing these embodied carbon emissions, the construction and built environment sector will exceed its carbon budget.

The full report is available here.