Embodied emissions are notoriously difficult to measure and have largely not been factored into firms’ bids for infrastructure contracts
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Emissions from materials and vehicles used in infrastructure construction will soon be measured consistently across Australia so governments can consider pollution, as well as cost, speed of completion and build quality of construction firms’ competing bids.
The commonwealth and states and territories have endorsed a plan from the New South Wales government to decarbonise infrastructure projects, a key part of which is measuring and valuing embodied emissions.
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