Arup Q&A: Decarbonising Buildings and the Built Environment

Energy performance disclosure in New York City (Local Law 97), as well as other US cities has focused attention on operational performance, and the introduction in 2025 of a carbon tax for buildings that breach limits will no doubt change the narrative again.

In London, the Greater London Authority’s London Plan in 2021 required all major projects to declare both embodied carbon and estimated operational energy. This has really changed the narrative in the London development market, especially around embodied carbon, with leading players racing to deliver the lowest carbon development.  

And this is not limited to the Global North, city administrators in both Jakarta, Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are developing city-wide net zero buildings roadmaps.  And South Africa is introducing mandatory energy performance certificates based on real energy performance from 2025.

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