Kingspan White Paper
Reducing the Embodied Carbon of Walls in Industrial Buildings
Kingspan partnered with KieranTimberlake to quantify how Kingspan can reduce embodied carbon in industrial buildings.
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Kingspan partnered with KieranTimberlake to quantify how Kingspan can reduce embodied carbon in industrial buildings. We conducted an LCA to quantify how QuadCore panels compare against other building materials.
"For teams seeking to reduce the embodied carbon of their industrial building to the highest degree possible, Kingspan QuadCore® is an effective solution,"
-KieranTimberlake, “Kingspan: Life Cycle Assessment of Industrial Claddings Report”
According to Architecture 2030, the building sector accounts for 39% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – 28% of that is from building operations, while the remaining 11% is specifically from building materials and construction.
While energy use associated with building operations can be reduced over time with measures such as energy efficiency retrofits, shifts towards renewable energy procurement, and on-site renewable energy installations, embodied carbon from building materials and construction are unchangeable once a building is constructed.
The locked-in nature of embodied carbon underscores the critical importance of thoughtful material selection and detailed specifications at the outset.
To reduce the embodied carbon of building envelopes, Kingspan QuadCore IMPs should be considered the product of choice compared to conventional wall systems such as concrete or mineral fiber IMPs.