Online webinar
Embodied carbon data within construction - are we opening Pandora's box?
Date: 30th May 2024
Time: 14:00 - 14:45 BST
Data is overwhelming. Carbon data is no different. Does an overwhelming amount of embodied carbon data present more questions than answers? Carbon data is presented in two different ways – quantity-based and spend-based.
This webinar looks at the challenges, and risks, of calculating carbon emissions by both quantity and spend-based methods, and the unexpected consequences this can present when reporting on the data.
When looking at the data, the first challenge is often a question of how we get the data to the right and relevant part of the organisation. Then, once the data starts to filter down to other areas of the business, it can become somewhat of a Pandora’s Box: do we need to know all this financial data? Who should be able to access it? How do we process and manage the data internally? What else can we do with the data? Do you attribute carbon factors to other charges? Do you attribute carbon factors to everything? Is there anything you should exclude?
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What's on the agenda?
Another challenge is around the methodologies used, with careful consideration required around provenance and confidence of the data. The minority of the carbon data available is quantity-based, yet it offers more accuracy and more transparency in relation to reporting. We will discuss how companies can overcome the challenge of obtaining more accurate, quantity-based data, and how the industry can support each other. We will also discuss applied examples of how companies are rising to this challenge.
A look at the differences between spend-based and quantity-based data for carbon reporting
The challenges, and risks, of calculating carbon emissions by both methods, and the unexpected consequences this can present when reporting on the data
A discussion on how companies can overcome the challenge of obtaining more accurate, quantity-based data, and how the industry can support each other
Meet the speakers
Adam O'Rourke has spent over 35 years focusing on teaching and research within the built environment including everything from green roofs, construction waste and heat loss in buildings, to design psychology. Adam has since retired from full-time academia to focus on more commercial projects and for the last 3 years has been working with Causeway focusing on emerging technologies and how these are shaping the digital transformation within the industry. He is also part of a team supporting Causeway's ambition to develop a product that provides as-built embodied carbon values for individual paid for materials and manufactured goods.
Tim has been a leader in promoting, and delivering, digital business solutions for over 25 years and continues to support industry-wide engagement as Tradex Community Envoy with Causeway Technologies. Working within the construction supply chain for over 10 years, running a major material supply business, establishing national and international data exchange standards, and establishing the now widely adopted Causeway Tradex platform, Tim has a wealth of knowledge and experience. This is also proving relevant in supporting the construction sector to readily access real-time carbon and sustainability data.
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