PAS 2080 outlines a carbon management process covering the built environment. The goal is to reduce whole life carbon of projects, specifically but not exclusively infrastructure, while simultaneously increasing value. It emphasizes leadership and collaboration over the whole value chain and aims to reduce carbon and cost through intelligent design and management.
It is an important reference document for policymakers, designers, developers, and other stakeholders engaged in the construction sector, as a go-to carbon management specification in the built environment.
This updated version of PAS 2080 builds on the experience of its real-life application from its initial publication in 2016. It has expanded to reflect on other important aspects of construction activities to achieve long-term sustainable development goals. PAS 2080 focuses on a number of key themes, including:
- Widening the scope of PAS 2080 beyond infrastructure, to include the entire built environment.
- Integrating systems thinking into the design process and allowing for the value chain member to influence the design of the asset to fit better into the system for which it exists.
- Taking a whole-life carbon view: encouraging retrofit of existing infrastructure in the first instance and balance capital carbon investment with operational use over time.
- Encouraging and employing nature-based solutions wherever possible to provide a service. Their value to both carbon reduction and climate change resilience tend to be more valuable.
- Highlighting the importance of leadership and collaboration to achieve these goals.
This course aims to introduce and highlight the key roles and responsibilities of those involved in infrastructure development and the built environment. It emphasises a whole-life carbon approach, aligned with a 1.5 °C global warming, circular economy principles, and the urgent need to decarbonize systems, networks, and assets while balancing capital carbon investment with operational and user benefit.
How will i benefit?
As value chain members involved in the delivery of infrastructure or built environment projects, attendees will benefit by:
- Gaining knowledge and understanding of the requirements of PAS 2080;
- Understanding the importance and value of measuring and monitoring carbon reduction, and the associated benefits of cost and carbon emissions reduction.
- Being able to demonstrate organizational leadership and commitment with respect to carbon reduction;
- Demonstrating alignment with the sector's goal to transition to net zero;
- Helping improve their organization's business performance and enhance their environmental reputation in support of wider sustainability development goals.
