How to achieve Welsh Government Embodied Carbon Targets: embracing innovation and managing risk
01 Jul 2025
Level 4
How to achieve the Welsh Government Embodied Carbon Targets by embracing innovation, whilst managing risk
Ross Smith, AtkinsRéalis & Alex Anderson, Coleg Gwent
The Welsh Government has set a pathway of decreasing targets for embodied carbon on publicly funded projects. In this session Ross Smith, AtkinsRéalis and Alex Anderson, Head of Estates Development & Facilities at Coleg Gwent will describe what embodied carbon is, how to divide these targets between different elements of a building so they can be effectively measured and managed through the design process, and how they can be met by the adaptation of traditional methods and forms of construction to manage the risk and embrace innovation.