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How significant returns can be generated by upgrading building services infrastructure to achieve carbon savings and operational efficiencies The increased focus on whole life carbon in the design and procurement of buildings is having a seismic effect on services procurement and design. The carbon cost of embodied energy in existing buildings is leading many developers to refurbish their buildings rather than build from scratch. This podcast, sponsored by Grundfos, looks at the growing influence of whole life carbon calculations on design and procurement, and the importance of 'upfurbishing' existing buildings with energy efficient systems and designs. Guests Edmund Vaughan, from ChapmanBDSP, and Glenn Miller and Linda Dingley, from Grundfos, discuss the challenges of calculating whole life carbon in buildings and equipment. They also look at the balance between reusing equipment to save embodied carbon and specifying new efficient plant and materials that cut operational carbon. The podcast looks at ho