Webinar: Delivering Consistent Embodied Carbon Assessments for New Homes

Date / Time:

Monday 20 July 


What is the webinar about?


As the homebuilding sector increasingly measures and reports embodied carbon, the need for a consistent approach has never been more important. Different assumptions, data sources and methodologies can lead to significantly different results, making it difficult to compare assessments across projects, consultants and software tools.


This webinar will explore how the Future Homes Hub Whole Life Carbon Conventions for New Homes works alongside the RICS Whole Life Carbon Assessment Professional Standard (2nd edition) to provide a consistent methodology for the new homes sector.


During the session, attendees will gain practical guidance on:


  • How the RICS Professional Standard and the Future Homes Hub Whole Life Carbon Conventions work together to support consistent embodied carbon assessments for new homes.
  • The role of generic default data and product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and when each should be used.
  • How to approach key technical considerations such as uncertainty factors, carbonation and biogenic carbon sequestration. · Why upfront embodied carbon (A1–A5) remains the most actionable area for reducing emissions today.
  • How to specify carbon assessment requirements within project briefs to ensure consistent and comparable outputs.
  • New developments in the Future Homes Hub conventions, including guidance on site infrastructure and standard scopes.



The session will also provide an update on recent improvements to the Future Homes Carbon Assessment Tool, and what they mean for practitioners delivering carbon assessments for new homes.

Who is this session for?


This webinar is aimed at:



  • Homebuilders and developers seeking a consistent, industry-aligned approach to embodied carbon assessment.
  • Carbon assessors and consultants looking for clarity on data selection, assumptions and reporting requirements.
  • Sustainability leads, technical teams and project commissioners responsible for specifying and reviewing carbon assessments.
  • Anyone involved in the design, delivery or assessment of new homes who wants to better understand how to produce robust, comparable embodied carbon data.


Whether you are commissioning assessments, undertaking them yourself or reviewing results, this session will help you understand the principles and practical application of a consistent approach to embodied carbon measurement in the new homes sector.


Register here

Meet the Speakers

Adam Graveley - Head of Technical and Innovation - Future Homes Hub


Adam’s driving ambition is to create change at scale. As Head of Technical and Innovation for the Future Homes Hub, he draws on expertise in low-impact construction, corporate sustainability and strategic facilitation to work with those at the vanguard; supporting, challenging, innovating and telling a story that bridges the gap to the mass market.


As Sustainability Manager for the Bicester Village Shopping Collection, which owns and operates a number of luxury brand outlet shopping centres across Europe and China, Adam lead the delivery of policy, training and resource management initiatives. In 2020, the business achieved a 5-star GRESB rating for the first time.


In 2012, after years of advising clients and contractors what features and specifications to invest in to achieve high BREEAM ratings and Passivhaus certification, Adam finally put his money where his mouth was and built his own low-energy house. He has lived there with his family ever since.


In his current role, he works a lot with technical and sustainability teams at different homebuilders and is currently leading the Hub’s Embodied and Whole Life Carbon project.

Fabrizio Varialle - Place and Space Analyst - RICS


Fabrizio is an architect with research experience in sustainable design and building performance assessment.


At RICS he works on sustainability standards, training and guidance, and shapes RICS's position on related policy matters.


He leads the development of the Built Environment Carbon Database and is a member of the Technical Steering Committee of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.