Easy-to-use Carbon Emission Tracking for Construction Projects

Measure the upfront embodied carbon emissions (A1-5) of your construction projects. Share robust, detailed reports with clients, fully aligned to RICS and EN 15978.

Measure and share the embodied carbon impact of your projects

With easy-to-use tech and 1:1 expert support, Seedling makes it simple to accurately track and report the upfront embodied carbon emissions of any construction project.

Built in alignment with RICS Whole Lifecycle Assessment and EN 15978, our Project Carbon Footprint tool helps businesses to:

Identify key hotspots across the project lifecycle.
Track and reduce project emissions at each stage (concept, design etc).
Share detailed, RICS-sligned reports with with clients.

View an example Project Footprint report

Each project you measure can be shared using a link or by downloading a PDF. Click below to see what the PDF looks like!

Read our guide to Embodied Carbon reporting

What is an embodied carbon report for a project, and why measure one? Read our guide to learn all you need to know.
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Why work with us?

Easy-to-use platform

Seedling is designed for teams without internal sustainability expertise.

Expert backup

We're not just a software tool - we support you 1:1 throughout the process.

Full reporting coverage

Measure, track and report your organisational emissions alongside projects - all in one place.

How does it work?

1

Measure your emissions

Guided by your adviser, gather and input the data needed for your project carbon footprint.

Our easy-to-use platform and expert support make this doable in days, not months.

2

Identify reduction opportunities

Work with your adviser to understand your hotspots and build a carbon reduction plan.

Get bespoke support, tailored to your business and sector-specific challenges.

3

Share your impact

Your project-level emissions are ready to share on your project impact page (just copy and share the link), or download a PDF.

What our clients say

Hear from our satisfied Seedling clients

"We needed to report carbon data and a decarbonisation plan to our client, Microsoft. We needed the output to be high quality and credible, but didn’t have loads of time to dedicate to measuring emissions. Seedling’s software plus support model meant the process wasn’t too time intensive for us as a busy team. The fact that our calculations were checked by Seedling us confidence in the output."
Software
Marcell Csomor
Business Operations Manager
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Janea Systems
"With Seedling, we inputted data on what we do as a brand: the materials we use, where they're made, how they've travelled etc. The team at Seedling then calculate what that means in terms of carbon. To see all of our data in one place, and having a real person at the end of the phone to discuss what the data means and crucially how to make what we do better, was amazing."
Fashion
Patrick McDowell
Founder
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Patrick McDowell
"Seedling’s carbon footprint platform is refreshingly easy to use and makes reporting much more straightforward than I would have believed possible. I’m so pleased with how effortlessly it simplifies our carbon reduction calculations, dramatically reducing the time it takes to produce a Carbon Reduction Plan."
Consulting
Emilie Smith
Operations & People Lead
,
Create Change
"We love the Seedling product! The footprinting process was easy and comprehensive, and we were surprised at the speed of turnaround. Our public page is a great addition to our environmental communications which really helps us to stand out."
Software
Sam Holding
Strategic Partnerships Lead
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BibliU
‘We found the team at Seedling very helpful. They made the set-up process simple and seamless and went above and beyond in understanding our business and how to capture the right data. We are delighted with the results.’
Consulting
Stuart Pearce
Director
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Journey4
“As a start-up, I found it really hard to find a carbon accounting solution to suit. Along came Seedling. From the start, I was impressed by their approach and knowledge, and the intuitiveness and agility of the Seedling platform. They’re always happy to respond to my endless questions and work to find a solution, for example helping quantify the carbon impact of our payments product.”
Financial services
Lisa Stanley
Chief Sustainability Officer
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Zero
"We wanted to understand and reduce our carbon footprint but felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start. Seedling guided us through the process every step of the way, their easy-to-use platform made collecting our business data straightforward, and the team gave us tailored support to build an emissions reduction plan. Thanks to Seedling, we’ve started our journey to Net Zero with confidence."
Creative agency
Ursula Fairlie
Senior Content Manager
,
Rationale

FAQs

Your questions answered

Which standards does Seedling's project tool align to?

Seedling's project emission tool has been built based on guidance from the RICS Whole Lifecycle Carbon Assessment guidance - specific to the UK construction sector. The RICS guidance is itself based on the BS EN 15978 standard, which is a globally-used standard for assessing the sustainability of construction works.

How does Seedling's project emission tool actually work?

The tool allows you to input data relating to the upfront embodied carbon of your project. This includes the emissions of your products / materials (known as A1-3), transportation to site (A4, and fuel / energy / waste on site. We can accomodate any EPD data you have for specific products - or you can use our general construction-specific emission factors where no EPD exists.

Is is mandatory to measure the emissions of a construction project?

While there is no current national-level mandatroy reporting for mbodied or whole-life project emission reporting, many local authorities have implemented local requirements. In addition, project-level reports are increasingly mandated by large Tier 1 contractors across their subcontractor base.

What if I don't have project-level data yet?

The project tool allows you to state the current stage of the project, from concept to constructed. At each stage, there are different expectations in terms of data accuracy - at the early stages data is estimated based on drawings, designs, and other project info. This is often shared ahead of construction. After construction, you will have better "actual" data and can duplicate the report, edit the data to reflect genuine usage, and reshare.

How long does it take to measure project-level emissions?

Using our project emissions calculator, you can input your project-level data and receive a shareable, RICS-aligned embodied carbon report in minutes.

Still have questions?

Book a demo or get in touch and we'll be happy to help. Or follow this step-by-step guide to measuring your business's carbon footprint.