London, UK – 21st August 2024 – Sterling, an emerging leader in through-life cost and carbon estimating solutions for the engineering and construction industry, today announced a strategic integration with Building Transparency’s Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3). This integration enables Sterling DCS users who have access to EC3 to gather and assign A1-A5 carbon data to their construction estimate resources, while Sterling’s comprehensive platform manages the entire carbon life cycle, including B1-B6 and C1-C4. This empowers estimators and construction companies to accurately estimate both costs and carbon emissions across the full project life cycle.
“Our partnership with Building Transparency marks a significant step forward in our commitment to enhancing efficiency and sustainability within the construction industry,” said Steve Brunning, CEO of Sterling. “By integrating our comprehensive estimating platform with EC3, we are providing our users with the tools they need to make informed decisions that balance cost and carbon impact.”
Integration Details and Benefits
The integration with EC3 allows Sterling users to seamlessly search, import, and assign carbon data for construction materials within the A Categories. Additionally, Sterling’s platform ensures users can also access and manage the B and C category data, providing a comprehensive solution for estimating carbon across the entire project life cycle. This holistic approach eliminates any gaps, enabling accurate and detailed cost and carbon assessments for all project phases.
Capital (A1-A5):
- Raw Material Supply (A1)
- Transport (A2)
- Manufacturing (A3)
- Transport to Site (A4)
- Site Energy (A5)
Through Life (B1-B6):
- Use (B1)
- Maintenance (B2)
- Repair (B3)
- Replacement (B4)
- Refurbishment (B5)
- Operational Energy Use (B6)
End of Life (C1-C4):
- Decommission/Decontamination (C1)
- Transport to Disposal Facility (C2)
- Waste Processing for Reuse,
- Recovery, or Recycling (C3)
- Disposal (C4)
By having access to this detailed carbon data, estimators and construction professionals can:
Enhance Accuracy: Precisely estimate both cost and carbon impact, ensuring more comprehensive project planning.
Promote Sustainability: Make informed choices that support sustainable practices without compromising on cost-effectiveness.
Streamline Workflows: Integrate cost and carbon data seamlessly within a single platform, improving efficiency and collaboration.
“Across the built environment sector, industry-wide collaboration is an important part of driving decarbonization at a global scale,” says Stacy Smedley, Executive Director of Building Transparency. “This integration with Sterling is a step in the right direction towards creating a more trusted ecosystem of tools to support estimators and construction companies as they plan and complete projects with sustainability at the forefront of decision making.”
“At Sterling, we are committed to continuously expanding our integration ecosystem to better support estimators and construction companies,” said James Hunter, CTO of Sterling. “This partnership with Building Transparency is testament to our ongoing efforts to enhance our platform’s capabilities. By incorporating detailed carbon data, we are not only advancing the accuracy of our cost estimates but also empowering our users to make more sustainable choices in their projects. We have further plans for enhancing our EC3 partnership with additional functionality in the coming months.”
About Sterling: Sterling integrates take-off, cost planning, estimation, work package management (supply chain collaboration), and cost and carbon life cycle in a single cloud-based solution. Sterling is built for built environment professionals, by built environment professionals. Sterling empowers project teams to make informed decisions that enhance project efficiency and sustainability. As part of our ongoing work to create a sustainable construction solution ecosystem, we are delivering new integrations on a monthly basis. Sterling is already integrated with several construction platforms, including the Autodesk Construction Cloud. For more information, visit www.sterling-dcs.com
About Building Transparency/EC3: Building Transparency is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides open-access data and tools that support broad and swift action across the building industry in addressing embodied carbon’s role in climate change. Formed in 2020, Building Transparency hosts manages and maintains the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) tool, which provides thousands of digitised EPDs in a free, open-source database, and tallyLCA, the nonprofit’s life cycle assessment tool. Building Transparency strives to provide the resources and education necessary to shape a better building future through promoting the adoption of the EC3 tool and tallyLCA, establishing the official materialsCAN, contractorsCAN, and ownersCAN programs, and working with global policymakers.