Our members
MAIN GOALS - GENERAL ACTIVITIES - FIELD OF EXPERTISES
The Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI), is a coalition of real-estate stakeholders aiming at reducing carbon emissions in the real estate industry.
The real estate industry is responsible for 39% of European CO2 emissions. Calculating carbon emissions at each stage of a building’s life cycle – construction, operations, and end of life –, with a harmonized methodology across Europe, is necessary to quantify and compare real carbon footprints of buildings. Today, such a common language does not exist.
To address this pressing issue, the Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI) assembled a consortium of technical experts, alongside major real estate stakeholders. Together, they have worked since 2022 to create a common European carbon accounting language. This methodology includes specific carbon emissions targets – basis to obtain LCBI label - providing a clear path towards achieving lower carbon emissions.
Our main field of expertises are the following :
- Real Estate Life Cycle Assessment expertise, represented by our technical committee members
- Communication and Development
- Public Relations
ACTIVITY RELATED TO LOW GHG AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND RESILIENT BUILDINGS
An example of a work we have conducted in climate actions, is create a pan-european accounting language to measure real-estate carbon footprint. This methodology, which required more than a year of technical work, is publicly available on our website.
By publishing and applying this methodology to buildings, we are insuring a transformation in the way project owners are designing their buildings.
