Welcome to
zero carbon placemaking

Balance is an award-winning service that helps local authorities and built environment professionals deliver net zero by quantifying carbon, shaping places, and enabling evidence-based decisions.

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Reducing
embodied carbon
across Scotland

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Our carbon specialists
on your team

Balance helps local authorities, planning consultants, and built environment professionals to deliver net zero places through data-driven carbon analysis, iterative scenario testing and nature based solutions.

Our award-winning service makes net zero relevant to place and easy to grasp – translating complex stats and calculations into tangible benefits for communities.

Translating carbon targets into local action can be challenging.
Balance makes it easy, by:

  • Providing evidence-based carbon data for planning and design
  • Visualising complex metrics through clear, graphical outputs
  • Enabling strategic planning through design-led options analysis
  • Supporting compliance with NPF4, RICS, SFT and Building with Nature standards
  • Empowering stakeholders to make informed, place-based decisions
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