Whole life carbon models for the EU27 to bring down embodied carbon emissions from new buildings. Review of existing national legislative measures

Funded by the European Climate Foundation, this report compares existing and proposed national policy models for reducing whole life carbon (WLC). The approaches chosen in Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden are compared. This reveals key features, similarities and differences. Because of pre-existing national practices on sustainable buildings, climate impact quantification and general regulation of new constructions, all policy models differ from each other in some form.