Verification to PAS 2080
Discover your next steps for PAS 2080 verification, and how BSI can support your organization demonstrate your commitment to carbon reduction in the marketplace.
Carbon management in buildings and infrastructure
Carbon management in buildings and infrastructure
Demonstrate your decarbonization commitment
We’ve now published the revised PAS 2080 on managing and reducing carbon in the built environment. The standard has an expanded scope, a new emphasis on whole life carbon, and a stronger alignment with the transition to a net zero carbon economy by 2050.
PAS 2080:2023 specifies requirements for the management of whole-life carbon in buildings and infrastructure – in the provision, operation, use and end-of-life of new projects or programmes of work as well as the management or retrofit of existing assets and networks.
It helps organizations within the built environment to understand the impact of their assets on the wider network; revealing its interdependencies and encouraging early collaboration; defining roles and responsibilities and integrating decision-making and procurement processes throughout the assets’ lifecycle.
The standard aims to help users realize reductions in material, energy and labour costs that reduce whole-life carbon emissions, as well as whole-life capital and operational costs. It can also:
PAS 2080 has been sponsored by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Green Construction Board (GCB), enabling the standard to be offered free of charge. The updated guidance document offers a range of case studies where the standard has been applied, and provides worked-examples to further assist organizations with the application and integration of PAS 2080.