Whole life carbon assessment (WLCA) support services

Guidance and support on implementing the whole life carbon assessment (WLCA) standard.

Are you looking for tools and resources to assist with understanding whole life carbon assessments, or implementing the standard successfully within your organisation?

With the latest edition now in full effect, members and professionals can access a range of support services from RICS to assist.

Training & Events

Expand your professional skills and knowledge with dedicated training and events supporting WLCA adoption and wider sustainability in the built environment. Join courses and workshops designed to help you stay ahead in your field.

Web classes
Certificate courses
The first RICS annual sustainability conference

We can also offer bespoke training & CPD support for your team. Send us an enquiry using the form below.

Software Validation

RICS is currently piloting software validation for WLCA, auditing third party software with a view to award a badge yearly upon successful validation and re-validation.

As part of the validation process, checks are carried out:

to ensure that the software receives inputs appropriately and performs calculations according to the mandatory requirement of WLCA
to ensure that the software outputs are aligned with the WLCA reporting template in an acceptable digital format

For info: software under the scheme has been assessed by RICS as one that allows the end user to generate a report relating to compliance with the RICS WLCA professional standard but does not offer any guarantees about the software itself.

We’ll release more information on the pilot once it has concluded.

Assurance and advisory

RICS offers bespoke assurance and advisory services to organisations to help streamline and accelerate the adoption and implementation of WLCA. Using an implementation roadmap, we guide organisations on the workflow, process, data, and digitalisation needed for WLCA. This service can also be combined with bespoke training. If you are interested in this service please contact us using the form below.

If you are interested in any of the above services, or require some bespoke support in embedding WLCA second edition in your organisation, fill in the form and we’ll be in touch.

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