Advanced data platforms to integrate whole life carbon in building information tools, assessments, and certification (Built4People Partnership)

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Increased number of building information tools, assessments and/or certificates makes use of digital data exchange platforms;More accurate and reliable EU-aligned life cycle inventories of embodied environmental flows in construction materials and products;Increased number of already existing building standards and certification schemes refer to GWP to support national decarbonisation strategies in line with relevant European legislation (such as Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, Construction Products Regulation and delegated acts, voluntary label for carbon footprint of steel, Delegated Act for carbon removal certification in long-lasting products);Improved data availability and interoperability for whole life carbon assessments across different building lifecycle stages. Scope:The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast places an increased emphasis on addressing whole life carbon and the calculation of the global warming potential (GWP) of buildings as part of its holistic approach to enhancing building sustainability. Several projects have focused on developing data analytics tools to integrate building energy performance certificates (EPCs) with other tools like the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), Building Renovation Passports (BRPs), and Digital Building Logbooks into a unified framework or global information tool. More work is needed to integrate whole life carbon data in energy information tools to capture both operational carbon (energy used during the building's use phase) and embodied carbon (associated with extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, construction, and eventual disposal or recycling), as well as the (potential for) carbon removal in sustainably sourced construction products. On the other hand, more robust life cycle assessments based on more accurate and reliable national and international life cy