CIBSE launches Embodied Carbon Verification
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is launching its Embodied Carbon Verification (ECV), a register of verified mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) products to help consultants with “distinguishing between manufacturers claims and independently verified results”
“When selecting MEP products, embodied carbon data is only as reliable as the methodologies used for collation and the organisation providing assurance,” the institute said. The certification “in the absence of EPDs” can provide assurance that the manufacturer’s data is independently verified, uses robust and credible raw data and calculations, and can be consistently compared to other MEP products.
The tool from will be available to use from late October and will also allow manufacturers who achieve CIBSE certification to benefit from increased promotion of their products and consultants to protect their clients by using verified data and drive higher standards across the supply chain.
CRREM Foundation forms technical council
Global monitoring system Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) Foundation has appointed several members to its newly restructured technical council, including Australian experts Jorge Chapa and Dr Sven Teske.
The new team will review the organisation’s global energy pathways.
The organisation said the appointment will ensure they remain practical and relevant for real world decision making and reinforce its role as a trusted, science-based tool for real estate investors, owners, occupiers, and other key stakeholders.
The foundation said the council includes 13 “internationally recognised” experts:
- Jorge Chapa, chief impact officer, Green Building Council of Australia
- Heather Clark, senior fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Chiara Delmastro, energy analyst buildings, International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Dr Jacques Gordon, director, Graaskamp Centre for Real Estate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Dr Jens Hirsch, chief scientific officer, BuildingMinds
- Michael Izzo, senior managing director, energy & decarbonization, Hines
- Josh Kace, research affiliate, California Institute of Energy + Environment
- Cary Krosinsky, lecturer, Yale University
- Erik Landry, director of climate change, GRESB
- Dr Lina Makrodimitri, energy and net zero carbon lead, Schroders Capital
- Dr Jan Rosenow, professor of energy and climate policy, University of Oxford
- Dr Sven Teske, professor & research director, University of Technology Sydney
- Benjamin Towell, executive director, OCBC
Jobs news
COX Architecture has appointed Christian Derix to its newly created role of head of futures and innovationtolead the embedding of data-driven spatial design across various sectors including sport, urban design and workplace, helping the practice to challenge design conventions and build impactful futures strategies.
Derix has been working at the well known Saudi development project NEOM.
Prior to that, Derix was advising on data science, machine learning, urban planning and design for urban and infrastructure projects across Europe through his Frankfurt, Germany based practice derix + associates. Derix is credited as one of the early founders of computational design and held visiting professorships at several European universities and completed a PhD on people-centric design computation. He introduced AI to spatial planning as early as 2000.
Property advisors Charter Keck Cramer is expanding its Sydney office after snapping up three new talents, including Mark Daniel, who joins as national director and will lead both the advisory team and manage the Sydney office.
Daniel is the former owner and managing director of real estate advisory for Property Beyond, a role he will be leaving behind for the new gig. With him are two former employees taking on similar roles to their previous jobs: Craig Middleton as director and Rebecca Rooney as associate.
Also joining them in Sydney will be its senior executive, Oliver Daniel.
What we are reading
A low cost V2G tech could be coming to Australia
The We Drive Solar project, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, features a model of V2G (vehicle to grid) cars available to people through car sharing services – meaning people can benefit from V2G without owning an EV.
In Australia, Portia Rooney, founder of Net Zero Engineering Solutions, has received an iMove Cooperative Research Centre grant for a project that aims to adapt this model for Australian conditions. The model will feature AC (alternating current) V2X (vehicle to everything), which would be significantly cheaper than DC (direct current) models, as it would leverage inverters already in the cars. Unfortunately, there will still be technical and regulatory challenges ahead of this project. Read more here on The Driven.
