UNBOUNCE - EXAMPLE PAGE-REPORT-ENTERPRISE DOCUMENT-KINGSPAN - Flipbook - Page 14
PROMISE OF
BUILDINGS
YET TO COME
Living in the
material world:
it’s time to be
upfront about
embodied
carbon and
material
availability
3.5 billion tonnes of
carbon emissions
annually are
attributable to
building materials
and construction…
tonnes
x2
...in a world where
the building stock is
expected to double
by 2060…
2021
2060
…and upfront or
embodied carbon is
expected to account
for half of the entire
carbon footprint of
new buildings between
now and 2050.
10 - 11
3.5 bn
50%
