CarbonBuzz emerged from a realisation that the construction industry suffers from a poor awareness of the link between CO2 emissions and the energy use of buildings.
The project partners sought a means to support the indutry in its drive to manage the energy use and CO2 emmissions from buildings and help architects and engineers to close the gap between designed energy use and actual energy use. This industry initiative is a significant collaboration between the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
CarbonBuzz provides a platform to share and publish building energy use data, on an anonymous basis, in order to increase the evidence base for low energy design solutions. It is an ongoing research initiative, but it is already in a position to become an important component of the building design process.