TOBIN has invested in industry-leading Carbon Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software (OneClickLCA®). Using this software, TOBIN can calculate the carbon footprint of a design (expressed as Global Warming Potential, in tCO2e) for any infrastructure project and at any project stage from feasibility through to construction and end use.
This software allows TOBIN to produce Carbon Life Cycle Assessment Reports that compare a range of design options in order to minimize carbon footprint through all phases of a project, from the product stage, through construction and operation, to end of life/decommissioning. Using this software, we can advise clients on the choice of materials and construction methodologies to minimize embodied carbon. This assists clients in meeting their carbon reduction targets under the Climate Action Plan and is of particular benefit to any project that is publicly funded, where there is a requirement under Green Public Procurement to demonstrate carbon reduction measures.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is incorporated into ISO14000 (as ISO 14040/14044), and the software is fully compliant with the methodology for Life Cycle Assessment set out in PAS2080 Carbon Management in Buildings and Infrastructure. This software draws on a worldwide database of over 150,000 construction products to estimate the embodied carbon in a design, which is the carbon footprint (in tCO2e) of the product stage (A1-3) and construction stage (A4-5) of a project.