Construction Emissions Tool

SDG(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

3Good health and well-being

11Sustainable cities and communities

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Type of the Solution

Monitoring, Assessment, Management

Affected Sector

Construction

Description of the solution

Construction is a major source of air pollution in cities. The Construction Emissions Tool is an open-source tool that helps construction companies to plan, monitor, and manage their polluting emissions. The tool enables the measurement of emissions from non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) throughout the demolition and construction phases of a project. Crucially, this also helps commissioners, such as local authorities or landowners, to review progress against agreed targets for a specific site. Hence, developers, contractors, local authorities, and auditors can all use this tool made available by the organization Impact on Urban Health.

Socio-economic effects

Enhanced health.

Type of Measure

3. mitigation measures

Type of sub-measure

5. (none)

Who led the solution

Civil society organization

Timescale of implementation

Short-term (up to 1 year)

Other Notes

The Construction Emission Tool guide: https://urbanhealth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Construction-emissions-tool-User-Guide.pdf

Links to the solution

Consent to share form or official link.

SDG(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

3Good health and well-being

11Sustainable cities and communities

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