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Embodied Carbon in Building Construction
16 January 2020
John Herbert
Director
Will embodied carbon become the norm in 2020? It seems awareness and the
importance of the embodied carbon (aka embodied energy) is gaining
momentum in 2020. embodied carbon is the quantity of energy and
resulting carbon emitted during the mining, processing and transportation
of construction materials from cradle to the job site.
In Hong Kong it is important because we do not have any natural
resources, so that all the materials have to be imported, along
with its embedded carbon.
And this metric does not need to be super complicated, a straightforward
methodology and calculation will gain more traction , faster, without
loss of specificity or accuracy.
finally, it seems in 2020 everyone has picked up the #embodiedcarbon
— John Herbert (Hong Kong) (@johnherbert) January 15, 2020
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About the Author
John Herbert is a
veteran chief engineer with more than 30 years international engineering experience, educated in
the United Kingdom, he has worked in the United Kingdom and then across Asia for more than two
decades engaged by international and local companies. He is a Hong Kong Registered Energy
Assessor (REA), a BEAM Professional, and stationed in Hong Kong.
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