Construction Project Footprints

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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  • User-friendly software
  • One-click reporting
  • 1:1 support from the experts

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 are incredibly happy with our experience with Seedling. We were guided through the process, and it was simple for us to submit the required information. We also had transparency over our offsetting projects. We now understand our footprint and how to reduce it.’
Consulting
Megan Savage Shaw
ESG Lead
,
CIL
"I love working with Seedling. Passionate, insightful and thoughtful people doing work that benefits our business, our staff, and the whole planet. They are easy to work alongside, with a well-constructed process that is simple to follow for any business, small or large."
Software
Simon Stewart
Client Services Director
,
Big Blue Door
“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
,
Zero
"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
,
Patrick McDowell
“Any feelings of being overwhelmed by measuring and reporting our emissions were quickly overcome as a result of the fantastic help and guidance from Seedling. The whole process was really smooth, clearly explained and efficiently delivered.”
Creative agency
Leo Sudea
Operations Director
,
400 Communications
"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 were keen to measure our emissions but didn’t know where to start. As an SME with little carbon accounting experience – and a manufacturer needing to capture trickier areas like material inputs – Seedling’s platform and 1:1 support were invaluable. The Seedling team made a potentially complicated process straightforward for us. We’re now clear on our key hotspots and have a credible reduction plan we’re proud to share."
MANUFACTURING
Emma Hedley
Programme Assistant
,
EPS Logistics Technology

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.