Market Overview: Unveiling Digital Solutions For Lifecycle Carbon Reduction In The Built Environment
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Executive Summary
The building and construction sector exerts a significant environmental influence, prompting leaders throughout the real estate value chain to prioritize and intensify their endeavours to mitigate the industry’s carbon footprint. This report provides an overview of the digital solutions available to real estate and built environment professionals to measure, manage, report and – crucially – reduce carbon emissions. Given the diverse array of providers offering carbon-related solutions for the built environment, this report considers tools across various categories, encompassing lifecycle assessment (LCA), product lifecycle management (PLM), ESG data and reporting, energy management, carbon accounting and management, and building information modelling (BIM) and digital twin technologies. With carbon emissions emanating from each stage of the building life cycle, this report examines all phases, from design and construction to operations and end of life.Varied standards exist to examine carbon emissions, catering to different real estate professionals
Climate change, compliance and consumer awareness propel net zero to the fore
Firms are spurred to curb their carbon emissions by financial incentives
A disconnected real estate value chain, coupled with data hurdles, hinders carbon management
Introducing the market for digital solutions addressing carbon in the built environment
A diverse ecosystem of providers forms the building blocks for decarbonization
Stakeholders derive distinct benefits from software to measure, manage and mitigate carbon consumption
Widespread building decarbonization will require digital solutions that are accessible and open
Figure 2. Collaboration on decarbonization of the built environment by critical stakeholders across the building life cycle
Figure 3. Landscape of providers of digital solutions for building-related carbon measurement and management
About the Authors
Amelia Feehan
Manager, Advisory Services
Amelia is a Manager within the Advisory Services team at Verdantix. She has several years of experience leading large-scale technology and strategy projects for both vendors a...
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Claire Stephens
Research Director
Claire Stephens is a Research Director at Verdantix, leading research into technologies and services shaping the real estate and the built environment, encompassing ...
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