Verulam (readers' letters – December 2012)

Jon Morris advocates seeing beyond initial embodied CO 2 figures and to think in terms of whole-life carbon content when considering the sustainability of a project.

Exposure trials on timber cladding are valuable sources of information for facade designers. Key material, fire, and structural issues affecting timber cladding design are assessed and robust construction details derived alongside a framework for the emerging sub-discipline of timber facade engineering.

This paper describes a case study on the whole life carbon cycle of a warehouse building in Swindon, UK.