Sustainability

Embodied carbon

• 🇳🇿Embodied Carbon Assessment — Integrated Office Fit-OutMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · May 2023A worked embodied-carbon assessment of MBIE's Hutt Hub office fit-out — a case study showing how the upfront and life-cycle carbon of a commercial interior fit-out is measured under the Carbon Neutral Government Programme.
• 🇳🇿Embodied Carbon in New Zealand Buildings (SESOC)Structural Engineering Society NZ (SESOC) · 2021A SESOC conference paper introducing embodied carbon in New Zealand building design — why the industry needs an agreed way to calculate, report and reduce embodied carbon, in the context of MBIE's Building for Climate Change framework.
• 🇳🇿Embodied Emissions of Buildings — Reporting and Target SettingMinistry for the Environment · February 2024Ministry for the Environment guidance on reporting and setting targets for the embodied emissions of government buildings under the Carbon Neutral Government Programme.
• 🇳🇿Green Star Embodied Carbon Calculation GuideNZ Green Building Council · MAY 2025A NZ Green Building Council technical guide for calculating a building's embodied (upfront) carbon for Green Star Buildings credits and the Net Zero Upfront Carbon Standard.
• 🇳🇿NZGBC Embodied Carbon Methodology (v2.0)NZ Green Building Council · 2023The NZ Green Building Council's methodology for measuring the embodied carbon of buildings — the underlying calculation rules (now broadened beyond Green Star) used across its certification tools.
• 🇳🇿Procurement Guide to Reducing Carbon Emissions in Building and ConstructionNZ Government Procurement · April 2022A New Zealand Government Procurement practical guide to reducing carbon emissions through building and construction procurement — how agencies can specify and buy lower-carbon construction.
• 🇳🇿Whole-of-Life Embodied Carbon Assessment — Technical MethodologyMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) · February 2022MBIE's technical methodology for whole-of-life embodied carbon assessment of buildings under the Building for Climate Change programme — the standard rules for calculating and reporting a building's embodied carbon.