News Brief

Groups Pledge to Find Common Carbon Metrics

by Allyson Wendt

The U.S. Green Building Council, BRE Global, the U.K. Green Building Council, and Green Building Council Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop common carbon metrics among their various building rating systems (LEED in the U.S., BREEAM in the U.K., and Green Star in Australia). Representatives from each of the rating systems will form a working group to develop standard measurements of emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents from new buildings.

In 2008, the U.K. Green Building Council released a report entitled “Definition of Zero Carbon” in an effort to define such metrics; the U.K. requires that all houses built after 2016 be carbon neutral.

Published March 26, 2009

Wendt, A. (2009, March 26). Groups Pledge to Find Common Carbon Metrics. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/groups-pledge-find-common-carbon-metrics

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