It was the pioneer of modern business management Peter Drucker who first coined the phrase “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” When the words
  • In Europe, Germany recognizes EPDs for federal projects and Belgium requires sustainability marketing claims.
  • Measuring the embodied carbon of construction projects is complicated due to intricate supply chains and different ways products can be assessed for their environmental impacts.
  • Different approaches to measuring embodied carbon must be incorporated throughout the project to maximize carbon savings, starting at the business case.
  • Input-output LCA and process-based LCA are two methodologies used to measure embodied carbon, with input-output LCA providing macroeconomic carbon visibility and process-based LCA focusing on specific product impacts.
  • Australia is still in the early stages of developing EPDs, but there is an opportunity to combine different methodologies into a hybrid model.