ASHRAE and The International Code Council to Co-sponsor Whole Life Carbon Approach Standard

ATLANTA (August 30, 2022) – ASHRAE and the International Code Council announced joint development of a standard to assess carbon emissions across the entire building life cycle.
 
Proposed ASHRAE/ICC Standard 240P - Evaluating Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Carbon Emissions in Building Design, Construction and Operation, will provide a whole life carbon approach to support emissions reductions in buildings. The proposed standard establishes how to measure and verify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon emissions of a building, or group of buildings, over the entire life cycle. The goal is to provide consistent procedures and data to be referenced by policies, codes, and other standards that address new and existing building performance.