{"id":28732,"date":"2023-05-16T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manini.it\/carbon-footprint-calculator\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T18:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:07:02","slug":"carbon-footprint-calculator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manini.it\/en\/sustainability\/sustainability-projects\/carbon-footprint-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Footprint Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1684251502721{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"edgtf-st\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-st-inner\">\n        <div class=\"edgtf-st-title-holder\">\n            <h2 class=\"edgtf-st-title\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n                <span>Construction and Carbon Dioxide Emissions<\/span>\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-st-text-holder\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n            <span class=\"edgtf-st-text-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text]According to the report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldgbc.org\/news-media\/2019-global-status-report-buildings-and-construction\"><strong>Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction presented at COP25 in Madrid in December 2019, buildings, homes, and the construction sector are responsible for <ci id=\"gid_2\">39% of all global carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.<cx id=\"gid_3\"><\/cx><cx id=\"gid_4\"><\/cx>&#8220;A&#8221; company committed to Sustainability like Manini Prefabbricati, while operating &#8220;within the production sector in question, could not help but make available its R&amp;D resources and expertise to contribute to \u2018<ci id=\"gid_5\">measuring<\/ci>\u2019 firstly, and then counteracting, the&#8221; Carbon Footprint impact of <ci id=\"gid_6\">industrial products, whether of its own production or not, thus creating the Carbon Footprint Calculator.<\/ci><\/ci><\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25374&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680254480928{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"edgtf-st\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-st-inner\">\n        <div class=\"edgtf-st-title-holder\">\n            <h2 class=\"edgtf-st-title\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n                <span>What is the Carbon Footprint Calculator<\/span>\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"edgtf-separator-holder clearfix  edgtf-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-separator\" ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-st-text-holder\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n            <span class=\"edgtf-st-text-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25383&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]In collaboration with the <strong>University of Perugia,<\/strong> MANINI has developed <strong>specific software<\/strong> with which it is possible to evaluate the <strong>CFP<\/strong> (Carbon Footprint) of each individual manufactured product and therefore <strong>quantify the CO2 emissions generated throughout the entire useful life of a prefabricated building<\/strong>, from the raw material procurement phases, to its production, assembly, up to its disposal <strong>(Life Cycle Assessment).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The application was created following the study of numerous real case histories and allows for the creation of a model capable of quantifying the CFP of a prefabricated structure as early as the design phase, with the aim of increasingly reducing CO2 emissions and meeting the UN Agenda Goals to achieve zero emissions by 2050.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25384&#8243; 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