In 2013 construction sector makes up 18.1% of Australia’s carbon footprint. Largest contributors to construction carbon footprint are electricity, gas and water and materials.

Residential building and non-residential construction consume approximately 7.6% of total primary energy and produce approximately 6.0% of total greenhouse gas (equivalent) emissions when both direct and indirect inputs to the two sectors of the industry are considered (Foran, Lenzen, & Dey, 2005).

The construction sector provides a substantial area for mitigation from its GHG emission embodied in construction supply chains.

It is important to consider the whole lifecycle of buildings from designing, planning, operating and even decommissioning of buildings to see a successful strategy in reducing emissions.

Embodied energy is defined as the total amount of energy used in the production process. It is a critical aspect to consider in measuring the total energy usage in the construction industry. For example, the total lifecycle of a building would include manufacturing of materials, logistics and supply chains and electricity, gas and water associated with each step in these processes.

To help do our part in mitigating climate change we wish achieve net zero source energy and net zero emissions in our business. We carefully choose where we source our materials to ensure they are obtained via sustainable means and contribute to low embodied energy of our builds. We aim to reuse as many materials as possible to reduce wastage. We are also a strong advocate and certified builder for passive house’s which contributes to our goal of net zero energy in our builds.

We would love to continue to complete works similar to our previous renovation project in Northcote.