Carbon accounting

At M Moser, our integrated approach means we take responsibility for every stage of a project. Our carbon accounting service helps clients track emissions across interior design, delivery, and operation. This provides you with precise data to inform decisions on cost, design and sustainability. By measuring your project against similar benchmarks, we can establish a framework where every discipline works with you to reduce its impact. It’s how our engineering, technology and sustainability expertise comes together to deliver impactful results.

We align with the outcomes you want to deliver and use these methods to measure and manage your project’s carbon impact:

Embodied carbon: design and materials

The majority of a workplace project’s carbon comes from material choices and building services systems. Studies show that embodied carbon typically accounts for over 70% of total emissions in office fit-outs.

Our approach:

• Early-stage sustainability analysis to inform material selection, reuse strategies and circular design principles.
• Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) or recognised calculations for estimating, even for complex MEP elements.
• Design for retention and adaptation, prioritising the reuse of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems where feasible.
• By measuring and then addressing embodied carbon at the design stage, we can reduce the biggest share of emissions before construction begins.

Embodied carbon: construction carbon accounting

Construction activity accounts for around 10–30% of project emissions. Through careful planning and monitoring, we reduce the impact of site operations.

Our approach:

• Delivery consolidation and use of low-carbon vehicles.
• Energy monitoring of site operations and transition to renewable electricity.
• Waste segregation and off-site prefabrication to minimise transport and disposal emissions.

These measures make the delivery phase more resource-efficient, while maintaining programme and quality.

Operational carbon: optimising building performance

Once occupied, a building’s environmental footprint shifts from materials to use. This is where our engineering team supports clients in managing their operational carbon footprint.

Services include:

• • Energy modelling and predictive analytics.
  • Smart systems integration for HVAC, lighting and controls.
  • Real-time monitoring through digital twins and IoT platforms.
  • Certification and reporting
  • Ongoing optimisation for performance, cost and user comfort.

By aligning operational carbon with embodied carbon reduction, we give clients a full life-cycle strategy and all the data they need for reporting. Our integrated model means we directly influence the decisions that matter most. We combine measurement with action, embedding carbon reduction across design, delivery and ongoing building performance.