POLICY AND PRECEDENTS

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Norway’s carbon accounting methodology – NS 3720 – is one of the world’s most comprehensive: it covers cradle-to-grave impacts for materials, transport, construction processes, operating energy, user and operational transport, and also contains biogenic emissions and emissions from land use and land change (LULUC carbon).
• The baseline against which carbon reduction is measured is market average, which already captures 98% renewable energy, wood as the major market share material, and a rapidly electrifying transport sector
• Stastsbygg contracts with OneClickLCA to define the baseline reference building and quantify embodied carbon reduction requirements
• Construction firms must prove the carbon target is met by reporting actual quantities and actual products used
• Firms must deliver EPDs for high impact materials that meet carbon thresholds
• Carbon limits always apply to concrete, steel, gypsum, and insulation