RICS Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) Standard
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ professional standard for assessing whole-life carbon (operational + embodied + user) across a building’s lifecycle, in force from July 2024 in its 2nd edition. The entry covers the assessment scope, the EN 15978 alignment, and the standard’s role as the de facto carbon-accounting baseline for commercial real estate.