Max Fordham House

London

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Embodied Carbon

101703

609

kgCO₂e

kgCO₂e/m²

Barrels of Oil

Hectares of Forest

239

175

Cost

1300000

7784

GBP

GBP/m₂

This house, built for Max Fordham, is designed to meet Passivhaus standards. Carbon offset credits were bought at Â£70/tonne to offset the embodied carbon. The house was the first 'zero-carbon house' to meet the UKGBC Net Zero Carbon Building Framework.

Approaches:

passivhaus

Notes:

Based on quoted figures of 102t CO2e embodied carbon.

References/ further links:

Mairs, Jessica. 2022. "Making the UK's First Net Zero Carbon House - Architecture Today" Architecture Today - The Independent Architecture Magazine (Architecture Today) <https://architecturetoday.co.uk/uks-first-net-zero-carbon-house-answering-max-fordham-questions/> [accessed 13 March 2024]

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Embodied carbon is 'the emissions from the construction materials, the building process, [...] as well as from deconstructing and disposing of [the building] at the end of it’s lifetime' (UCL).

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In future the website aims to compare 'whole life carbon' - this is 'the carbon emissions resulting from the materials, construction and the use of a building over its entire life, including its demolition and disposal' (Greater London Authority, 2022).