BCIS rolls out free online carbon database

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has launched a free-to-access embodied carbon database designed to help drive down carbon emissions by enabling users to both submit data to, and download data from it, to facilitate consistent carbon estimating and benchmarking. 
The first data repository of its kind, the Built Environment Carbon Database (BECD)has been funded and developed by BCIS in collaboration with a range of leading organisations and professional bodies from across the bui