Climate Contract Playbook Edition 3
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Additional Definitions Carbon Budget means the aggregate of [value] tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent of Greenhouse Gas emissions permitted for the construction of the Works as set out in Appendix [x]. Carbon Offsetting means the purchase of a quantity of carbon credits equal to the amount of the Residual Emissions from the Works that has been verified in accordance with [insert name of voluntary standard]. Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e or CO2eq) means a unit of measurement that is used to standardise the climate effects of various Greenhouse Gases. Greenhouse Gases (“GHG” or “GHGs”) means the natural and anthropogenic gases which trap thermal radiation in the earth’s atmosphere and as specified in Annex A to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or otherwise specified by the UNFCCC, and which currently include: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Greenhouse Gas Emissions (“GHG Emissions”) means emissions of Greenhouse Gases over a specified area and period of time, each expressed as a total in units of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) [and calculated in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard or such other equivalent and generally recognised greenhouse gas emission calculation methodology]. Prohibited Material s means any material, substance, product, process, technique or combination of the same which, by its nature or application: .1 contravenes any British Standard or EU equivalent; .2 contravenes the recommendations of the British Council for Offices’ publication Good Practice in the Selection of Construction Materials (2011) (as may be amended or updated from time to time);
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would unnecessarily increase the total GHG Emissions of the Works because their embodied GHG Emissions cannot be reduced by Carbon Offsetting; or there is an alternative material or good which meets the standards of the Contract with fewer embodied GHG Emissions; or
.4 is generally considered to be deleterious or harmful to the environment within the building design professions 117 . Residual Emissions means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions that are emitted after all reasonable efforts have been made to reduce emissions.
Additional Clauses for use with JCT Design & Build Contract 2016 OPTION 1 Climate Impact of Materials 2.1A.1
The Contractor shall provide to the Employer as soon as possible, but in any event within ten (10) days of such a request being made, all information that the Employer reasonably
117 Drafting note: While this definition is not used in this clause, the term it is used in the JCT D&B Contract and should be amended accordingly so other contractual provisions support this clause.
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