On 25th September 2020, 50 experts across the building industry reflected and workshopped the question:
“What would it take to embed whole life carbon thinking in the
design of our buildings to reach carbon neutrality by 2050?”.
The answer was a resounding “Government must lead”, followed with, “State agencies need a mandate.”
Most of the industry and policy focus to date has been on tackling operational emissions. Our objective was to listen to the experts on how to move to a fully decarbonised built environment across the whole life
cycle by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement.
The workshop was organised by the Irish Green Building Council and funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, with support from the EU Life Level(s) project.
Download the report here.
Watch our 2-minutes video here