Did you know that buildings are responsible for 45% of our carbon emissions? This being the case architects have a critical leadership role to play in enabling a successful CO2 reduction programme: they conceive and manage design. 70% of a building’s lifetime costs are determined in the first 1% of its lifecycle and on sustainable building projects almost 17% of project’s design time can be spent on environmental strategies.

Because systems are often paper-based and unable to meet the needs of todays pressure much of this time can be wasted in reinventing the wheel, and struggling with diffi cult to access or lost knowledge and resources. Finally a solution is now available – EVAtool – our new integrated Environmental Managment System created by architects for architects and the way they work.