Decarbononomics is intended to provide clients with a complete picture of their carbon presence across their entire building estate. Clients are presented with information through interactive dashboards. SNC-Lavalin describes it as a data-driven solution to decarbonise the built environment in a cost-effective way and accelerate the global journey to net zero.
The service brings together project and cost management business Faithful & Gould and design and engineering consultancy Atkins, both members of the SNC-Lavalin Group.
鈥淐reating the net zero communities of the future relies, in part, on effective decarbonisation of existing assets,鈥� said Ian Edwards, president and CEO, SNC-Lavalin. 鈥淒ecarbonomics is a concrete example of how we can help clients meet their net zero targets and is in line with our comprehensive 鈥楨ngineering Net Zero鈥� approach. We provide sustainable solutions by connecting people, data and technology in partnership with clients such as the UK government Property Agency, delivering decarbonisation for its 450-building portfolio.鈥澛�
Decarbonomics brings together building services, engineering design, asset management, project management, cost consulting, data analytics and data visualisations. It is based on a three-step approach of benchmarking, road mapping and delivery of an organisation鈥檚 decarbonisation programme:
- Benchmark - develop a carbon baseline;
- Roadmap: design a cost-effective carbon reduction pathway;
- Deliver: implement carbon reduction solutions.
The three-step approach is underpinned by Carbon Data Insights, a mix of global open-source benchmark databases as well as SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 own building data library.
鈥淒ecarbonomics is founded on the principle of systems thinking and brings our diverse expertise and knowledge of the built environment and buildings together in a way that enables us to make carbon visible at the portfolio level,鈥� said Stuart McLaren, the Decarbonomics development director at SNC-Lavalin. 鈥淭his empowers our clients to make much more informed decisions about their investments in decarbonisation.鈥�
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