Monthly Archives:: November 2013

CPSA has direct experience of the Supplier A Vs Supplier B claim/counter-claim culture.   We embarked on an  embodied carbon audit of precast concrete pipes and manholes in 2010 to PAS 2050 methodology, possibly the most “stringent” of the recognised methodologies at that time.  This work was independently validated by Carbon Clear and reviewed by the… Read more »

Ask a random sample of ten construction industry professionals to define a carbon footprint and you will get ten different responses.  We seem some way off agreeing a single definition of what a carbon footprint actually is and establishing a carbon auditing process common to all activities. There are a number of alternative carbon footprint… Read more »