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Life cycle assessment tools driving down energy usage and emissions

23 November 2022

How can we use life cycle assessment tools to drive down carbon emissions in commercial and residential properties? How do you identify the most effective interventions? How do you approach new developments and the challenge of retrofitting existing assets? Is there a difference between precision and accuracy when we measure and how have regression analysis tools helped understand what really matters?

Andrew Knight speaks with Richard Haynes as they discuss how life cycle assessment tools are driving down energy usage and carbon emissions.

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