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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Price, speed, quality – and now carbon. Australia to measure indirect emissions from public works

A cherry picker in a large tunnel
Construction of the Barangaroo Metro tunnel in Sydney. Embodied carbon emissions in public works will soon be considered in the tendering process by all Australian governments. Photograph: James Brickwood/AAP

Emissions from materials and vehicles used in infrastructure construction will soon be measured consistently across Australia so governments can consider pollution, as well as cost, speed of completion and build quality of construction firms’ competing bids.

The commonwealth and states and territories have endorsed a plan from the New South Wales government to decarbonise infrastructure projects, a key part of which is measuring and valuing embodied emissions.

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