![]() ![]() ![]() The authority to accredit architects, as well as other businesses, with a carbon neutral certification doesn’t belong to a single governing body, but a number of organisations. Who accredits certified carbon neutral architecture firms? When a business or organisation, such as an architecture firm, is certified carbon neutral it means that, its business operations-provision of services included-result in net zero emissions. This news got us to thinking: how far have Australian architects come, since pledging en masse to become carbon neutral? What other leading Australian architecture practices can say that they are certified carbon neutral? Further to that, what does it mean? And where do these ‘certifications’ come from? What does ‘certified carbon neutral’ mean?Ĭarbon neutral certifications apply to businesses/organisations that want to, and can, prove that they are actively and genuinely operating with the sustainability of the planet in mind. Fast-forward to July 2021, and Fender Katsalidis has just issued the splendid news of its new status-officiated by Climate Active-amongst Australia’s certified carbon neutral architecture firms. Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past couple of years, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the Architects Declare movement, and the flurry of Australian architecture firms that pledged their commitment to becoming carbon neutral, in the wake of that hellish summer of 2019/20. ![]()
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