The Big Idea
Decarbonisation -
How today can influence tomorrow By Stuart McLaren Decarbonomics Director
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t’s clear that the decarbonisation of the built environment should be at the centre of any strategy to reach net zero by 2050 globally. Not least because as much as 80% of the buildings that will be standing in 2050 have already been built. There are very few serious construction sector leaders who would argue against the need to decarbonise to deliver net zero, but their big challenge is often squaring that strategic intent with the reality of cost, how to make the case for investment and verifying that the carbon reductions have been achieved. With complex value chains and multiple variables to consider across the construction and asset management ecosystem, unified and meaningful progress will only be made where industry is able to make informed investment decisions by understanding the wider system across the whole life cycle. Systems-thinking is fairly hard in itself but it’s even more difficult to operationalise into something that can be used to do work.
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