This paper introduces architects to carbon assessment in the built environment and its application through the RIBA work stages. It makes the case for architects’ role in reducing carbon emissions to mitigate climate change, explains the key concepts of embodied and whole life carbon and recommends the use of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) methodology for undertaking whole life carbon assessments (RICS Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment professional statement).
'Architects at the time of war' was shortlisted in the 'Cities & Community' category in the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2018.
The September 2017 RIBA Future Trends Workload Index recovers recent lost ground
More than 1300 RIBA Members and students served in the armed forces during WWI. Find out about their stories by exploring items in the RIBA Collections and memorials at 66 Portland Place.