<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_7709d61f-b682-4a8c-8fbe-28fb8a74d91d" outputclass="ncc-clause"><sptc><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:16:00" xt:id="3e5e49a5-f8f2-4740-a41e-9c332ee5b20f"/>K1O1<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="3e5e49a5-f8f2-4740-a41e-9c332ee5b20f"/></sptc><title id="_6aacfab9-6206-4bfc-b753-09a54af0b701"><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:16:00" xt:id="2c9fc385-c255-4d83-b010-a01384c30678"/>Objective<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="2c9fc385-c255-4d83-b010-a01384c30678"/></title><archive-num/><subclause id="_ead3e738-dd81-4818-8d9d-392aa214f13d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_9584acdc-bf60-4e9c-8bcc-11cd4f0fb850">SubClause</title><num><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:15:00" xt:id="a19a6cfa-1320-4b7e-98bd-c9a6d33c522e"/>1<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="a19a6cfa-1320-4b7e-98bd-c9a6d33c522e"/></num><p><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:16:00" xt:id="d58d6b17-d43a-4100-8db2-6a46b922338a"/>The Objective of this Section is to reduce <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/10221_0.2.0.xml#_e2a435e6-13a6-4212-aacf-c9e7958b5d43" id="_97e41b34-e37b-4b6a-b9a7-9ffa5ea84d0c" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">embodied carbon emissions</xref> in buildings.<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="d58d6b17-d43a-4100-8db2-6a46b922338a"/></p></subclause><callout id="_a1f1d1fc-456c-44a6-b27a-2b66be641df5" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:19:01" xt:type="insert"><callout-type ncc-info-type="notes" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:19:02" xt:type="insert"/><p xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:19:31" xt:type="insert"><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:19:00" xt:id="9816aba7-eca4-4810-b314-5c5467a5c1e8"/>Section K is a voluntary provision for buildings to measure, disclose and reduce <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/10221_0.2.0.xml#_e2a435e6-13a6-4212-aacf-c9e7958b5d43" id="_f935c095-67af-46af-a6b7-a67eaee4b8fa" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">embodied carbon emissions</xref> utilising NABERS embodied carbon methodology.<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="9816aba7-eca4-4810-b314-5c5467a5c1e8"/></p><p xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-24T10:28:51" xt:type="insert"><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-24T10:28:00" xt:id="a2ae0956-4141-4415-a9f9-793c56c577d2"/>Section K need not be complied with except where adopted by State or Territory legislation or variation.<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="a2ae0956-4141-4415-a9f9-793c56c577d2"/></p></callout><callout id="_ac09f3e3-f50a-430d-bb89-b02f7c41f616" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:21:25" xt:type="insert"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:21:26" xt:type="insert"/><p xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:21:54" xt:type="insert"><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-10-21T09:21:00" xt:id="25c470ab-15b6-48ca-b61b-71d0521c04d0"/>The system boundary for measurement, disclosure and reduction of <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/10221_0.2.0.xml#_e2a435e6-13a6-4212-aacf-c9e7958b5d43" id="_e63ca801-a536-44a2-81a6-7a1b2ba17775" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">embodied carbon emissions</xref> is represented by modules A1-5, B1-5 and C1-4 in Figure 8 of Schedule 1 and applies at the building level, consistent with EN15978.<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="25c470ab-15b6-48ca-b61b-71d0521c04d0"/></p></callout></clause>