Fusion21 drives Carbon Emission Reduction

Fusion21 ensure that goods and services are procured and implemented in a way that not only achieves value for money but also delivers real long-term benefits to businesses, society and the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment.

Fusion21 are now striving to help contractors and suppliers to minimise the effects their activities have on the environment whilst also driving for further efficiency gains. Fusion21 are partnering with the IBE Partnership to promote Construct CO2, a simple low cost easy to use, online system to effectively measure and manage carbon usage during the construction delivery process.

Construct CO2 can help to dramatically improve construction site efficiency and can help lower cost and construction timelines. It enables Project Teams to re-engineer their design, procurement, logistics and construction processes to minimise their footprint.

The Construct CO2 tool aims to reduce the carbon emission of the industry by measuring, mapping, and managing the carbon performance of onsite construction activities.

In addition ConstructCO2 supports a number of key environmental and sustainable construction schemes:
•    ISO 14001 - Carbon emissions that arise at project level through travel of management, operatives, materials and waste, along with the fuel used on site for plant and power are often the number one environmental impact and action item for those committed to an ISO 14001 environmental management system

•    Considerate Constructors Scheme Registered Site Checklist includes measuring the project carbon footprint as an issue for assessment

•    Strategy for Sustainable Construction calls for a 15% reduction in carbon emissions from construction processes and associated transport by 2012 compared to 2008 levels

•    Code for Sustainable Homes requires construction site impacts such as CO2 arising from site activities and from transport to and from site to be assessed and addressed

•    The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), a mandatory carbon emissions reporting and pricing scheme to cover all organisations using more than 6,000MWh per year of electricity (equivalent to an annual electricity bill of about £500,000). Initially allowances will be sold at a fixed price. From April 2013, allowances will be allocated through auctions. Clients, contractors and suppliers using ConstructCO2 are identifying quick win actions that reduce carbon, and generate potential savings through travel arrangements and material/supplier procurement, both on the project in question and on future projects.

ConstructCO2 will enable you to proactively measure and understand your footprint to enable improvement and reduction of additional cost. For more information about Construct CO2 and the Fusion21 partnership please visit http://www.constructco2.com/sign-in-fusion21.aspx  .