ASHRAE and the International Code Council announced joint development of a standard to assess carbon emissions across the entire building life cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proposed ASHRAE\/ICC Standard 240P – Evaluating Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Carbon Emissions in Building Design, Construction and Operation, <\/em>will provide a whole life carbon approach to support emissions reductions in buildings. The proposed standard establishes how to measure and verify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon emissions of a building, or group of buildings, over the entire life cycle. The goal is to provide consistent procedures and data to be referenced by policies, codes, and other standards that address new and existing building performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is growing demand around the world for consistent building decarbonization guidance that acknowledges the impact of carbon emissions transpired at the beginning of the construction phase to demolition, and accounts for the changes in building operation and performance over time,\u201d says 2022-23 ASHRAE President Farooq Mehboob, Fellow Life Member. \u201cThis proposed standard will offer a comprehensive structure for evaluating energy use and supporting greenhouse gas emission reductions, as well as serve as a keystone towards harmonizing guidance within the global marketplace. We appreciate the Code Council\u2019s partnership on this important standard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed standard will cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n