Embodied carbon: What it is and how to tackle it
Embodied carbon refers to the emissions during the construction of a building rather than when it is in use.
Net Zero Carbon consultants
Companies across the globe are being called upon to tackle their emissions and commit to net zero carbon. With the pressure on to step up, how a business responds, the project they deliver, the promises they make, and their actions sit firmly under the spotlight.
Helping you achieve net zero carbon
Your sustainability strategy impacts your bottom line and your future prospects so it’s important to get it right from the get-go. Whether you’re at the start of your net zero journey, you’ve already committed but need help to reach your targets, or you need solutions to deliver a net zero project. We’re here to help you reduce your emissions and reach carbon neutral.
Net zero carbon corporate services
With multi-disciplinary expertise and a holistic approach, we inform, advise and support clients to formulate a strategy that aligns with key UN Sustainable Development Goals, global indices and reporting initiatives.
We work with you to determine your current emissions, set clear reduction targets and outline a net zero roadmap to help you achieve your goals.
Carbon Footprinting
Lifecycle Assessment
Net zero carbon project services
The transformation to a net zero carbon society requires a shift in the way we plan, design and build the supporting infrastructure. Our consultants have extensive experience in sourcing and designing sustainable solutions and assessing energy usage for both new and existing buildings to help our clients achieve their carbon reduction targets.
Strategic advice
Site selection and energy strategy
Energy efficiency and building performance
Passive Haus
NZC in operation solutions
We're here to help you tackle your emissions
Your carbon footprint might be complex, but your journey to carbon neutral doesn’t have to be. Our sustainability experts can help you formulate a corporate strategy that embeds net zero across your organisation and into your everyday thinking. We can work with your project team to help you deliver a sustainable project with our carbon reduction solutions to tackle your emissions.
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Are you on the path to net zero carbon?
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Podcast: Building Sustainability - The road to Net Zero
The 2050 target is getting closer, but clarity over exactly what organisations need to do to achieve net zero carbon remains hard to come by.
Designed to help clients navigate complexity, Building Sustainably: The Road to Net Zero explores real-life case studies to provide pragmatic advice and actionable takeaways. Covering a wide range of topics including how to fund, plan, design, and manage net zero programmes in the built environment, RPS is pleased to bring together public and private sector organisations to share knowledge, insight, and lessons learned.
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Retrofitting
Improving the energy efficiency of our existing building stock is a crucial step on our path to net zero carbon. Costs, policy uncertainty, and the challenge of delivering at scale and pace are just some of the barriers to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
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What are Scope 3 emissions and why are they important?
Reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions is usually the first target in a company’s carbon reduction strategy. However, to become truly carbon neutral, Scope 3 emissions need to be prioritised too.
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Nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions can help corporates, developers and landowners looking to deliver on their sustainability commitments.
RPS Group – a bold path to net zero by 2030
RPS has set an ambitious, science-based, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target across our value chain by 2030. For the same period, we are also setting a bold aim to have transitioned strongly towards Net Zero.
- Managing Emissions - Science based and aligned to a 1.5ºC pathway
- Target: c46% reduction in GHG emissions (Scopes 1-3) by 2030
- Path to Net Zero: Aim to have strongly transitioned to Net Zero by 2030
Webinar: Reducing carbon emissions on development sites
Watch on demand
Watch our Leading Minds Webinar to explore individual building measures and site wide energy strategies that a development can use to meet all the social, economic and environmental tenets of a sustainable design.
Presented by Simon Bourke, Head of Building Services UK
Related expertise
What does the future hold for building design and regulation compliance?
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Get in touch
We know the road to net zero feels challenging but we're here to help you reach your goals