Common Carbon Metric - Buildings

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Publication Date: 2010

Leading experts from around the world have, through extensive international cooperation, developed a universal method of measuring a building’s carbon footprint. Supported by the United Nations Environment Program, this new ‘Common Carbon Metric & Protocol’ will allow emissions from buildings around the world to be consistently assessed and compared, and improvements measured.

The purpose of a Common Carbon Metric & Protocol for buildings specifically is to give the sector that represents 40% of the world’s energy consumption and related 1/3rd of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a tool that doesn’t exist today – a way to measure, report, and verify reductions in a consistent and comparable way. With its high share of emissions the building sector has the responsibility and opportunity to take the global lead in reduction strategies. Awareness of these facts and widespread use of this tool for measuring and reporting is the key.