H\B:ERT V2 has evolved from the free version through the creation of a web-based data collection and visualisation platform, that allows the data from Revit to be more clearly represented. The tool enables the filtering of results, comparisons between various design options for both embodied and whole life carbon, as well as a breakdown of building elements and life cycle stages aligned with the RICS Methodology 2017 and GLA WLC reporting. We have also added a component library which allows the quick comparison of different build-ups to drive good decision making from the earliest stages of creating an outline material palette.
We worked in partnership with the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE), through their Engineering Doctorate program, to create the award-winning Hawkins\Brown: Emission Reduction Tool. The tool was developed as part of research titled ‘Refurbish or Replace – the life cycle performance of existing buildings and their replacements’ by Dr Yair Schwartz, Research Associate at The Bartlett, UCL. H\B:ERT works by measuring the volume of all materials tagged in the Revit model. It then applies embodied carbon data to that material, broken down into life cycle stages (product, construction, use stage and end of life) in line with BS EN 15978:2011.
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