Builders Merchants Journal – BMJ Publishing to Builders Merchants and the UK merchanting industry for more than 95 years
Manufacturer Knauf Insulation has launched a free, online embodied carbon calculator that allows specifiers to get a more complete view of the carbon impact of their chosen insulation.
Users can use the U-value calculator to determine the insulation required to meet target U-values on a project and generate an embodied carbon calculation for their chosen insulation. The tool can also be used as a standalone calculator.
The calculator provides embodied carbon results by weight, area, and total project size, avoiding the need for additional manual calculations. Knauf Insulation’s product range is assessed using the latest EN15804+A2 standard for EPDs, and the calculator links directly to the relevant EPDs to make it easier for users to verify and cross-reference the source data.
Diana Dzhambazova, regional sustainability manager at Knauf Insulation, says: “Regulation of embodied carbon is inevitable, but many specifiers are already being asked to calculate whole life carbon to meet client requirements, local authority expectations and emerging standards such as the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard. This calculator makes that process faster and simpler.”
