ZCB-Design Standard v3
The Zero Carbon Building – Design Standard v3 (ZCB-Design v3) is a one-time certification based on final design which helps ensure projects are designed to optimize reductions in both operational and embodied carbon. Updated in June 2022, revisions to the Standard were informed by two years of market feedback, as well as changing market expectations related to operational and embodied carbon emissions. Updated November 2024.
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