Campaign group the Architects Climate Action Network has launched a push to secure new legislation that would regulate carbon emissions caused by the construction of new buildings and infrastructure.

The 1,000-member organisation of built-environment professionals and students said emissions resulting from construction, known as embodied carbon, in the UK was a “national scandal”.

The group is calling on housing secretary Robert Jenrick to introduce a package of regulatory reforms, including the expansion of the Building Regulations to include requirements to assess, report and reduce embodied carbon with a new part – Part Z: Embodied Carbon Emissions. A petition setting out its list of demands to Jenrick has garnered more than 400 names since it was launched on 3 February.

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