At Bryden Wood, we don’t see these tools as detrimental to the jobs of industry professionals.
I used a few API (chemical synthesis) projects to normalise a base scale.I then looked at relative scales around this.
The smallest being., the largest being.I used standard factors to adjust the capital cost in a no.
halving the scale does not half the cost or time for each unit to be deployed; the capital per unit volume actually increases..Lining up scale with demand.
Finally, I changed the conversion costs for each scale based upon rules of thumb factors.. M. ore batches.
more operator interventions, more laboratory tests.Embodied and operational carbon increase in a decarbonised grid scenario.
In this context, the request for Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) has increased notably over the last few years.The production of WLCA is required by BREEAM and the GLA.
In a BREEAM NC 2018 assessment, it is possible to achieve up to 7 credits by doing a WLCA, so for developments that aspire to Excellent or Outstanding ratings the analysis of embodied carbon has become very important.The GLA requires the preparation of a WLCA pre-planning and at post-construction and requires the analysis of the results both with the current carbon factors and a decarbonised scenario.. Additionally, bodies such as the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI), RIBA, GLA and UKGBC, have developed guidance documents on embodied carbon, which include specific targets and roadmaps to zero carbon prior 2050.