The “Carbon Conversation”

We believe in a metric other than dollars with which to value objects, decisions and actions and we believe this metric is carbon. Beginning a ‘carbon conversation’ provides a starting point to a low-carbon future and in our industry, the first questions are:

“How many tonnes of carbon emission are needed to build a home and how many are needed to run a home?”

These fundamental questions underpin our work toward low carbon construction.

Digital Carbon

Grenville has developed a Jobsite Carbon Tracker App, which allows for at-gate logging of materials arriving to site and calculates their respective emissions. This provides the client with an accurate data-set of the C02 emission embodied in their home, allowed them to offset if they want to build ‘carbon neutral’.

CarbonTrace

We are now undertaking an ambitious digital project - CarbonTrace - which creates a carbon ‘ecosystem’ which interconnects client, builder, designer & suppliers to provide real-time carbon data.

Our Environmentally Responsive Services

We have three key points of difference specifically relating to the environmental impact of the build process and the ongoing performance of the building:

Pre-Build Optimisation Strategies

Grenville has developed an embodied carbon dioxide (C02e) modelling engine coupled to our tendering system, to enable real-time dialogue between material decisions, project cost and environmental consequences.

This allows us to offer meaningful input into efficient construction methodologies and structural systems as part of an Early Contractor Engagement collaborative process between Architect and Builder

Sustainable Construction Implementation

Grenville has undertaken significant research into many innovative sustainable technologies and can propose and implement job-specific solutions. Green technology is often seen as still emerging and often struggles to gain traction within a conservative industry. However we see it as our mission to champion new ideas, approaches and technology to help prove its place in the industry.

Project Audit & Review

We offer a unique end-of-project ‘Embodied Carbon Account’, which is a calculation of required carbon offsets to make a build project ‘carbon neutral’ This is a service which utilises specific processes and auditing systems developed by Grenville to offer clients a chance to verifiably build ‘green’.