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PROJECT REPORT: COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
HEALTHY BY DESIGN
Designed as a ‘human-centric building,’ Paradise SE11’s fl oorplates have generous natural light
Concrete was omitted almost entirely from the scheme, apart from in the two stair and lift cores
Calculating carbon
Keeping track of embodied carbon was critical for a building that’s striving to be an exemplar of sustainability for the sector. During early design, Paradise was a test case for Fielden Clegg Bradley’s new carbon calculation tool FCBS Carbon, which is designed to to help architects estimate and reduce the whole-life carbon emissions of a building proposal.
“The tool is focused on comparative
design, enabling users to compare one design against another to see the different playoffs for carbon,” says Richardson, adding that further along in the design process, other carbon calculation tools were introduced to measure the full embodied carbon life cycle.
Material choices were constantly challenged and embodied carbon was a key criteria used to ensure emissions
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thresholds were not exceeded. Associated requirements were also built into the tender bidding process to ensure targets were adhered to onsite.
Efforts to limit embodied carbon weren’t always successful. For example, the design team proposed to install a reused raised access fl oor saved from demolition to cut upfront carbon by roughly 8-10%. However, the agents were concerned about ‘sellability’ of the solution, which represented a signifi cant cost uplift over new raised access fl oors, which were ultimately specifi ed.
According to calculations using the software (One Click LCA*2), the project limited upfront carbon emissions (including material manufacturing, transportation, construction, and other phases, excluding renovation and disposal) to 413 kg CO2
e per square metre of fl oor area. ADF FEBRUARY 2026
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