Understanding the Impact of Pipe Insulation on Operating Cost and Carbon Emissions
Reducing embodied carbon is a crucial part of achieving a net zero carbon built environment by 2050. Embodied carbon from construction currently accounts for around 6% of the UK’s annual emissions but it can represent over half of the whole life carbon impacts for an energy efficient new building. To keep us on track to limit global temperature rises, the World Green Building Council has said that all buildings and infrastructure projects should achieve at least a 40% reduction in embodied carbon by 2030.
Our new carbon calculator can help consultants to calculate the carbon emissions associated with the heat lost from pipework systems over the systems lifetime, when specified to tables in *BS 5422, CIBSE CP1 or a specified insulation thickness.
The Kingspan Kooltherm® Pipe Insulation Carbon Calculator provides an indication on heat loss, capital costs and the cost of lost heat, helping to understand the payback period in both cost and carbon when using different insulation standards.
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* BS 5422: 2023 (Thermal insulating materials for pipes, tanks, vessels, ductwork and equipment operating within the temperature range –40 °C to +700 °C – Method for specifying) Table 15A Base Level Thickness and Table 15B Enhance Level Insulation. CIBSE CP1: Heat networks: Code of Practice for the UK (2020).
