Life Cycle Assessments
LCA Services
At Mainer, we use bespoke One Click LCA software to evaluate a building's environmental impact by conducting an accurate carbon assessment over its lifecycle from construction to demolition and beyond.
These assessments occur at each RIBA Stage, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and to meet RICS & BREEAM scope for clients pursuing net zero carbon status, BREEAM certification, along with any bespoke assessment a client requires.
RIBA Stages
Throughout all RIBA stages we look for
opportunities to reduce embodied carbon of
materials that are:
cost and programme neutral
technically viable
of equal quality
meet client expectation
do not inhibit the building in delivering other performance requirements
Mainer works closely with design teams from brief and through concept design to evaluate the project’s carbon footprint and advise on opportunities to design-out embodied carbon. We aim to reach an as-designed embodied carbon position prior to tender.
Additionally, we offer LCA to the GLA’s Whole Life-Cycle Assessment (WLC) guidance and completion of the WLC template to address the new planning conditions that form part of the new London Plan.
Linking LCA to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable development is a necessity.
Click here to understand more about how the SDGs align with LCA assessments.
If you’re interested in an LCA assessment, please contact us today.