APPENDIX 1: SURVEY QUESTIONS

1. What is your current job title? (N=54)

2. How many years have you worked in architecture/construction? (N=54)

3. How confident are you with discussing issues around embodied carbon? (N=48)

4. How familiar are you with the following documents? Energy Roadmap 2050 by European Commission (N=49) Net Zero by the Committee on Climate Change (N=51) The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan by HM Government (N=48) Climate Emergency Design Guide by LETI (N=50) 2030 Climate Challenge by RIBA (N=49) Sustainable Outcomes Guide by RIBA (N=48)

5. What do you consider to be the biggest challenge to reducing the

embodied carbon of a built environment project? If unsure, please

state. (N=41)

6. Which do you believe is more important to focus on: the immediate

embodied carbon of construction or the longer-term carbon footprint

from a building’s operation? (N=47)

7. How many staff does your company employ? (N=44)

8. How well do you think your company is doing in reducing the embodied carbon of its projects? (N=39)

9. What mechanisms does your company have in place to assess the

sustainability performance of projects? If unsure, please state.

(N=35)

10. What do these mechanisms do well? (N=32)

11. How could these mechanisms be improved? (N=29)

12. In which sector is the project? (N=37)

13. At what stage is the project? (N=37)

14. What do you consider to be the top three design priorities of this project? (N=36)

15. How often is the embodied carbon of the project discussed within the design team? (N=35)

16. How often is the embodied carbon of the project discussed with the client? (N=35)

17. Assuming a sustainability agenda exists for this project, who is the most engaged? (N=32)

18. Is there an actor missing from this list? If so, please state where you would rank them? (N=12)

19. Who you believe should be responsible for assessing the embodied carbon footprint of this project? (N=33)

20. Is there an actor missing from this list? If so, please state where you would rank them? (N=3)

21. Has the carbon footprint of this project been assessed? (N=33)

22. If yes, who was it assessed by? (N=22)

23. If yes, was this process beneficial? (N=26)

24. Please provide evidence to support your answer where possible. (N=15)

25. Who you believe should be responsible for minimising the embodied carbon footprint of this project? (N=32) 28. If yes, what is that target? (N=8)

29. If yes, what consequence is there for the project if the target is not achieved? (N=6)

30. When attempting to reduce the embodied carbon of a project, where should the design team’s efforts be prioritised? (N=32)

31. Is a specific issue hindering you from reducing the embodied carbon footprint of this current project? (N=28)

32. How could this challenge be overcome? If unsure, please state. (N=23)

33. Have or will you (or the project team) produce Access and

Maintenance documents for this project? (N=32)

34. If you have/will produce maintenance documents, will they consider

End of Life and Reuse (Stages C & D of the Life Cycle Assessment)

(N=30)

35. In your opinion, what impact does working to reduce embodied carbon have on capital cost? (N=31)

36. At what RIBA Plan of Work stage would you expect this impact on cost to be seen? (N=27)

37. At what LCA stage would you expect this impact on cost to be seen? (N=25)

38. Do you think awareness and understanding of embodied carbon

continues to be a hurdle to reducing the carbon footprint of the

construction industry? (N=31)

39. What, in particular, would help improve awareness and understanding among industry professionals? (N=28)

40. Is there anything else you would like to add about any of the topics discussed? (N=6)