Lessons on net zero offices from 100 Liverpool Street

By Charles Horne 2021-04-07T05:00:00

Source: British Land

Some years ago this building would have been demolished and a new one put in its place, now British Land’s first instinct is to reuse existing structures, says Charles Horne

Embodied carbon covers all the emissions generated to produce a building. It makes up a huge proportion of a building’s whole life carbon. Broadgate is British Land’s 32-acre campus in central London, and because of its scale we are aware of our responsibility to reduce emissions.

Embodied carbon at 100 Liverpool Street, completed in 2020, works out at 389kg per m². Industry benchmarks available for 2020 average at 1,000kg per m^2 *. So, 100 Liverpool Street is way ahead of current market standards. It also exceeds our ambitious target to halve embodied carbon to below 500kg per m² by 2030 – supporting global efforts to keep warming below 1.5°C.

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