Throughout their life cycle – from production and usage to disassembly and recycling – buildings produce emissions. These pass into the air, water and soil, thereby accelerating climate change by increasing global warming potential, damaging the ozone layer, producing summer smog, killing forests and fish and over-fertilising soil.
The aim of life cycle analysis is to minimise this influence through forward-looking planning. The key levers here are a highly energy efficient construction method, the application of renewable energies and the deployment of construction materials with a high proportion of recycled (or recyclable) content. The verification process we use is accepted in DGNB and LEED assessments and forms the basis of carbon reporting (see separate service).
