NZC Solutions in the news | April to June
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Published on 02/09/2025
Welcome to the first of our quarterly posts summarising media coverage of NZC Solutions.
Between April and June 2025, we built on the profile we began creating in the previous three months, with two developments being particularly significant.
One was a major article in a prestigious construction industry publication, based on an in-depth interview with our founder and managing director, Tim Reeve. The other was the launch of NZC Hub. This is the first whole lifecycle calculator of UK embodied emissions – those associated with construction materials and processes – designed specifically for UK buildings.
Tim calls for net zero carbon reporting to be minimum standard
In its May print issue, Design & Build UK magazine carried a three-page article by its reporter Olivia Needham. This was based on a lengthy interview she requested and conducted with NZC Solutions’ founder and managing director Tim Reeve.
In the piece, Tim called for the government to make net zero carbon reporting – not yet compulsory – a minimum construction sector standard.
He said: “The top 10 per cent of responsible companies will do this on their own, because they want to, but the rest of the industry will only do it if required to.”
Tim said he believed firms’ current general reluctance to report stemmed from two factors: “One, they don’t understand it, and two, they think it’s costly. Without proper knowledge, it’s difficult for them to make that leap, but it’s not costly if done correctly.”
The proposed Part Z of the Building Regulations does include the mandatory reporting of embodied carbon. Such compulsion is supported by over 300 industry organisations, but the new rules have still to take effect.
Tim said: “I don’t know why this hasn’t been implemented yet, but it should be.”
In the piece, Tim called for the government to make net zero carbon reporting – not yet compulsory – a minimum construction sector standard.
He said: “The top 10 per cent of responsible companies will do this on their own, because they want to, but the rest of the industry will only do it if required to.”
Tim said he believed firms’ current general reluctance to report stemmed from two factors: “One, they don’t understand it, and two, they think it’s costly. Without proper knowledge, it’s difficult for them to make that leap, but it’s not costly if done correctly.”
The proposed Part Z of the Building Regulations does include the mandatory reporting of embodied carbon. Such compulsion is supported by over 300 industry organisations, but the new rules have still to take effect.
Tim said: “I don’t know why this hasn’t been implemented yet, but it should be.”
NZC Hub launch well-received by construction and architects’ media
In late May, we launched NZC Hub, which calculates a UK building’s embodied emissions through all the established phases of its existence.
Among the leading construction industry media outlets to report the unveiling was the Construction UK website.
Among the leading construction industry media outlets to report the unveiling was the Construction UK website.
The site quoted Tim as saying of the Hub: ““In addition to maximum relevance and up-to-date data, it offers UK users substantial benefits in important respects such as precision, speed, effort and performance monitoring, compared to established methods of tracking embodied lifecycle emissions.”
The July print issue of Construction UK magazine, published in late June, also reported NZC Hub’s launch, on page six.
Explaining how easy the platform was to operate, its article told readers: “Users input project data using simple interfaces, such as drop-down menus. The system then calculates emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) units and can aggregate these across individual developments, entire sites or property portfolios.”
The Hub’s launch was also featured on the website of Digital Construction Week, the major annual industry event.
This report highlighted that the tool’s intelligent data consolidation meant users needed to enter details only once. It added, however, that they could amend these for the construction process stage easily, if necessary. The article also made clear that NZC Hub avoided operators having to produce reports at each phase of a building’s lifecycle.
Explaining how easy the platform was to operate, its article told readers: “Users input project data using simple interfaces, such as drop-down menus. The system then calculates emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) units and can aggregate these across individual developments, entire sites or property portfolios.”
The Hub’s launch was also featured on the website of Digital Construction Week, the major annual industry event.
This report highlighted that the tool’s intelligent data consolidation meant users needed to enter details only once. It added, however, that they could amend these for the construction process stage easily, if necessary. The article also made clear that NZC Hub avoided operators having to produce reports at each phase of a building’s lifecycle.
The website quoted Tim as saying: “NZC Hub can additionally improve accuracy and transparency by ensuring that consistent data points are used throughout supply chains, including by architects, manufacturers, engineers, developers and contractors. It can therefore permit businesses to obtain exact and updated information rapidly from providers, without having to chase these individually, for example.”
Having noted the launch of NZC Hub, Architects Journal, invited us to provide comments on the current industry approach to whole life carbon assessments.
In response, we said: “These are often filled with jargon, limited in scope and inconsistent with recognised standards. This makes it difficult for project teams to act with clarity or confidence.
In response, we said: “These are often filled with jargon, limited in scope and inconsistent with recognised standards. This makes it difficult for project teams to act with clarity or confidence.
“The current standard also states that emissions from modules A to C of the established phases of a building’s existence [product and construction to end of life] should be calculated. But targets focus only on modules A1 to A5 [product and construction]. It therefore only sets limits for upfront embodied carbon, overlooking the broader life cycle impacts.”
