Lead member
Lord Ravensdale
Crossbench, Excepted Hereditary
Lords
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Amendment text
After Clause 226
insert the following new Clause—
“Embodied carbon emissions in buildings
(1)
Within three months of this Act being passed, the Secretary of State must consult on regulations to amend the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) to include, but not be limited to, provision for—
(a)
the approval of a methodology of calculating the whole-life carbon emissions of building work separated into operational and embodied carbon,
(b)
ways in which the whole-life carbon emissions of building work, as calculated in accordance with the methodology, must be expressed,
(c)
a reporting platform through which the whole-life carbon emissions of building work (applicable to all new buildings or building works with a total useful floor area of over 1,000m2 or creating more than 10 dwellings) as calculated in accordance with the methodology, must be reported,
(d)
a tool, or tools, that may be used to carry out whole-life carbon assessments by competent persons, prior to the Secretary of State approving a whole-life carbon accreditation scheme, and
(e)
a timeline for the introduction of reasonable provisions to be made for the minimisation of embodied carbon emissions in the construction of buildings.
(2)
The Secretary of State must lay regulations on the matters consulted on under subsection (1) before Parliament to come into force within 12 months of the consultation closing and if possible align the coming into force date with the date of implementation of the Future Homes Standard.
(3)
“Whole-life carbon” means the sum total of all asset-related greenhouse gas emissions and removals, both operational and embodied, over the life cycle of an asset including its disposal, as set out in Modules A1 to A5, B1 to B7 and C1 to C4 of British Standard BS EN 15978: 2011 (Sustainability of construction works).
(4)
“Embodied carbon” means the total greenhouse emissions and removals associated with materials and construction processes throughout the whole life cycle of an asset.
(5)
“Operational carbon” means the greenhouse gas emissions arising from all energy consumed (Module B6) and water supply and wastewater treatment (Module B7) in accordance with British Standard BS EN 15978: 2011 by an asset in-use.”
Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause would require the Secretary of State to publish a consultation on the introduction of regulations to amend the Building Regulations 2010 to introduce provisions for the reporting of whole-life carbon emissions of buildings and to consult on a timeline for setting limits on embodied carbon emissions in the construction of buildings.