Whole Life Carbon Archives

World Architecture Day: The Architect’s Hand in Whole Life Carbon

by Marina Young | Oct 5, 2026

On Monday 5 October, the International Union of Architects marks World Architecture Day. The theme this year is Housing is a Human Right. Build It. It calls on architects to engage beyond design practice, into questions of housing policy, affordability and equitable...

Why Two Carbon Assessments of the Same Building Can Disagree

by Marina Young | Sep 16, 2026

Two competent consultants assess the same building. They work from the same drawings and the same specification. Yet their whole life carbon figures come out different, sometimes by a margin that surprises the client. This is not a sign that one of them is wrong. It...

Retrofitting for Resilience: Reducing Whole Life Carbon in Existing Buildings

by Sam | Feb 5, 2026

Retrofitting existing buildings is one of the most effective ways to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment. While new developments play an important role in meeting Net Zero targets, it is the existing building stock that represents the greatest opportunity...

Understanding Whole Life Carbon: Building a Sustainable Future

by Sam | Oct 27, 2025

Whole Life Carbon (WLC) is central to tackling climate change within the built environment. As we’ve explored in previous , it accounts for all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with a building or infrastructure project, ranging from the extraction of raw...