An ultra-disciplined engineering consultancy, Kundal,
today announced its commitment to achieving net zero carbon across all of its projects by 2030.
This pledge recognizes the critical need for practical, science-based action to transform all buildings,
infrastructure and human settlements to net zero carbon emissions as quickly as possible.
The global company, with 25 offices worldwide, will collaborate with clients and peer networks,
From design, construction, real estate development,
facilities management and real estate investment stakeholders to reduce the impact of rising global temperatures.
Zero Carbon Design 2030 Commitment (ZCD2030) is a line that took two years to manufacture.
It’s an internal cultural shift and perspective that will enable Cundall’s engineers and designers to make zero-carbon thinking “business as usual,”
To all Cundall’s employees and customers.
The market is already moving in the right direction, and we see this as an opportunity to lead by example.
and enlightening our clients about the potential net carbon footprint of their projects,
and collaboration with the broader industry to facilitate rapid transition.
Cundall was founded with a commitment to sustainable design.
The practice was a founding signatory of the World Green Building Council Climate Pledge,
It was certified carbon neutral by the Carbon Fund in 2020.
But given the findings of the Sixth Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change),
And the clear call for the building environment to ramp up
and achieve rapid emissions reductions across both new and existing buildings, delay is not an option.
Condall’s ZCD2030 ride
While this is just the beginning of Condall’s ZCD2030 journey,
practice is already counting its successes.
It has a tentative target of achieving 25% net carbon emissions from its projects by the end of 2024.
It is already working with a wide range of clients on projects with net zero carbon ambitions.
One such project is Eden, the soon-to-be-completed 12-storey office building in Salford,
UK developed by the English Cities Trust.
When completed later this year, the £36m project will be enabled to run solely
on 100% renewable electricity and feature the largest green wall in Europe.
Among its credentials, it has already been awarded a 5.5 NABERS second rating in the UK,
making it the UK’s highest combined building.
Cundall’s Zero Carbon Design 2030 commitment specifies that no project is too big or too small.
So that he does not have net carbon aspirations.
You acknowledge that every bit of carbon saved on a project makes
a difference to the global carbon emissions produced by the real estate and construction industry,
and that every building and every practitioner must play
a role in achieving a more resilient and sustainable built environment.
