FROM LCAQUICK TO NECO2: IMPROVING ACCESS TO EMBODIED CARBON DATA

In 2016, BRANZ launched LCAQuick, New Zealand’s first freely available life cycle assessment tool for buildings. This was followed by CO2NSTRUCT, a more accessible but narrower dataset focused on the carbon impacts of product manufacture.

NECO2 builds on this journey.

The National Embodied Carbon Repository is designed to fundamentally shift how the construction industry accesses and uses carbon emissions data.

As a centralised, industry-led online resource, NECO2 provides reliable, standardised information on the carbon emissions associated with construction materials and products.

By making this information easier to access and use, NECO2 supports more informed, environmentally responsible decisions in material selection, building design, assessment, and reporting.