ZERO CARBON LONDON:

Establishing priorities for the post-Covid recovery

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NLA
Zero Carbon London
13 May 2020

Simon Sturgis – Targeting Zero

Covid-19 and Economic Recovery

- Climate Crisis is much larger than Covid-19.

- Major increase in the role of the State.
- Feasible to stimulate economic growth and progress
towards Net Zero emissions.
- Global emissions will fall by some 8% due to Covid-19 in
2020.
- This needs to continue year on year at least to 2030.

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Climate Change – Whole Life Carbon – Investment

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OLE
OBS

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Whole Life Carbon – Operational and Embodied emissions

Embodied Emissions
Operational Emissions

University of
Cambridge –
Department for
Engineering –
MEICON 2018.

Office Warehouse Residential

Whole life Whole life Whole life
Operational Operational Operational
carbon carbon carbon
emissions emissions
13%
emissions 7%
Embodied Emissions
15%

Operational Emissions
11% 24%
35%

18% 47% 51%

RICS Professional
29%
18%
Statement – Whole Life
32% Whole life
Embodied Whole life
carbon Assessment for
carbon
emissions
Embodied
carbon
Whole life
Embodied the Built Environment
emissions carbon
emissions
2017.
Typical warehouse shed with office space (15% by area); Residential block, with basic internal fit out;
Speculative office building with Cat A fit out;
London perimeter, UK Oxford, UK
central London

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Whole Life Carbon – Regulation

New London Plan Policy SI2 – Whole Life Carbon

Simon Sturgis - TargetingZero

Whole Life Carbon – Regulation

A B C D

CO2 Cost CO2 Benefit

Resource Efficient Reduced Responding to Reduced Waste Circular

Construction Maintenance Climate Change Economy
CO2 and ££
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Whole Life Carbon – Methodology
RICS professional statement

DRAFT

RICS professional standards and guidance, UK

Whole life carbon

assessment for the
built environment RICS Professional Statement
1st edition, November 2017

Whole Life Carbon Assessment

for the Built Environment - 2017

rics.org/guidance

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Whole Life Carbon – Regulation

Simon Sturgis - TargetingZero

Development Risk and Climate Change

? Ambitious
Meeting
New Sustainable
Basic
Construction objectives
Regulations
(GLA)

Obsolescence Reducing Future Risk

Simon Sturgis – Targeting Zero

ZERO CARBON LONDON:
Establishing priorities for the post-Covid recovery

#NLAnetzero
@nlalondon