Events

Workshop: Introducing Zero-Carbon Construction Sites

Date: Wednesday 8 March 2017 and Thursday 23 March 2017, 10:00 - 16:00
Location: Weetwood Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, Otley Road, Leeds, LS16 5PS

This workshop involved construction industry organisations, academic researchers in construction management, academic researchers in renewable energy technologies, governmental organisations, quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations and research and technology organisations. It started the dialogue about the key issue of carbon emissions from construction sites.

The workshop introduced a new concept of zero carbon construction sites (ZCCS) to the construction industry that can be used to decarbonise construction site operations. It laid the foundation for a new construction industry scheme, the zero carbon construction sites scheme (ZCCSS), that can be used to evaluate and monitor the carbon emissions from construction site activities thereby help benchmark and improve performance in this area.

As acknowledged by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the University of Leeds, the short, medium and long term impacts promise to be of national and international significance.