<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_e2a435e6-13a6-4212-aacf-c9e7958b5d43" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_78566bb1-6c3f-4de9-95fe-57edef7328a5"><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:00:00" xt:id="a21248ba-07ae-4e23-8149-0474578aafba"/>Embodied carbon emissions<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="a21248ba-07ae-4e23-8149-0474578aafba"/></glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:00:00" xt:id="55facd55-82d8-429d-b5f7-9e7756b438c9"/>Carbon emissions across a building’s life cycle, excluding carbon emissions from the use of energy and water, and other user activities associated with the operation of a building (B6, B7 and B8 in Figure 8). It comprises processes, materials and products used during all stages of the building’s life, starting from the construction phase right through to refurbishment and eventual deconstruction. These emissions stem from the materials and products the building is made from and how it is constructed, expressed as carbon-dioxide-equivalent (CO<sub id="_52065bb9-9d5e-4272-bac1-03aaeadaa2c9">2-e</sub>), based on a building’s life cycle assessment.<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="55facd55-82d8-429d-b5f7-9e7756b438c9"/></p></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>