We need to change our activities to mitigate our impact on the climate. Climate change mitigation focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit additional warming and minimise and avoid the increasingly severe and widespread effects of climate change.
Businesses
Measure and manage your carbon footprint
Fulfil your business’ environmental and social responsibilities, identify inefficiencies, and meet increasing legislative and consumer demands to mitigate your carbon footprint.
Start your carbon journey today with our resource for businesses.
Projects
Reducing embodied carbon in projects will help us build a healthier and more sustainable Aotearoa. Construction carbon calculators are becoming increasingly common – note some of these are behind paywalls.
BRANZ’s Carbon Calculator
BRANZ CO₂NSTRUCT provides embodied carbon and energy values for building materials, including concrete, glass, timber and metals, as well as products such as bathroom and kitchen fittings and lifts.
Find out more from BRANZ’s about their carbon calculator.
Mott MacDonald’s Moata Carbon Portal
Mott MacDonald have developed the Moata Carbon Portal for engineers and designers. This tool helps identify carbon hotspots in projects and facilitate low carbon design.
Find out more about from Mott MacDonald on their Moata Carbon Portal.
Building Transparency’s Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator
An American non-profit, Building Transparency’s goal has developed a free Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3).
Find out more about Building Transparency’s EC3 carbon calculator.
Institution of Structural Engineers - How to calculate embodied carbon
The Institution of Structural Engineers has developed carbon calculation principles for the structural engineering community. They also have a recently developed Structural Carbon Tool.
See the Institution of Structural Engineers embodied carbon website for more information.
European Federation of Foundation Contractors’ Carbon Calculator
The European Federation of Foundation Contractors, together with the Deep Foundation Institute have developed a tool help calculate the carbon emissions of foundations and geotechnical works.
