The Whole Life Carbon Network (WLCN) is a network of architects, academics, engineers, contractors, local authority members, and other professionals from across Europe who wish to promote consistent and robust whole life carbon assessment and reporting within the built environment. The network was initiated as an email chat group in 2019 to share and discuss whole life carbon assessment issues specific to the built environment. We share guidance, our experience and questions within the group to help each other and build up competency. In addition, we contribute to a wide range of industry working groups to develop consensus-driven and expert guidance on the topic.

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Members of the WLCN have authored or contributed to the following:

• RICS – Whole Life carbon Assessment for the Built Environment 2017 (Upgrade in 2022)

• RIBA – Embodied and Whole Life Carbon for Architects – 2018

• CIBSE – TM65 (the calculation of embodied carbon in plant and machinery) – 2021

• LETI - Climate Emergency Design Guide 2020 

• LETI – Embodied Carbon Primer 2020

• LETI - Embodied Carbon Alignment 2021

• WLCN/ LETI/ RIBA - Whole Life Carbon and Net Zero Carbon Definitions

• GLA – Whole Life Carbon Policy SI2 for new London Plan 2020/2021

• UKGBC – Advancing Net Zero - 2019

• IStructE – How to calculate embodied carbon - 2021

• CPA - A Guide to Understanding Embodied Impacts (2012) 

• Green Guide to Specification (2009, 2002, 2000) 

• BRE Environmental Profiles Methodology (1999)

• CEN TC 350 WG1: EN 15978 – adopted in the UK as BS EN 15978:2011 

• CEN TC 350 WG3, working on EN 15804 – adopted in the UK as BS EN 15804:2012

• prEN 15941, ISO TC59 SC17 WG3 

• ISO 21930:2018 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works. 

• ISO FDIS 22057 

• BSI - PAS 2080 - 2022 Revision.