A little switch with a big difference

How the Wirral Growth Company project team is utilising Intelligent tools and incorporating the innovation of their supply chain to support the Wirral Growth Company’s and Wirral Council’s commitment to acting to achieve carbon next zero by 2030

As part of Wirral Council’s ambitious targets to be carbon net zero by 2030, the team have been utilising CarboniCa – our intelligent carbon calculation tool – to showcase opportunities to the client’s design team to show where they could dramatically reduce their carbon output by switching to alternative low-carbon materials.

By running the project through CarboniCa, the team have saved the project a total 1,977 tonnes of CO_2eagainst the baseline design.

Working collaboratively with our key supply chain partners from an early stage, we were able to develop Intelligent Solutions to reduce embodied carbon across the Wirral Growth Company office buildings.

1,977 tonnes C02 saved

The carbon reductions have been achieved through:

✅ Reducing the pile diameter meaning less concrete was required

✅ Changing the concrete mix in the foundations and floor slabs to substitute the cement content for a lower carbon replacement

✅ Using lower carbon rebar; procured lower carbon steel for the frame and rebar (produced via an electric arc furnace which is a much cleaner manufacturing process)

✅ Reduced the volume of the structural framing system and switched from cement particle board to Glasroc X which has a lower carbon footprint