Mirko Farnetani

Mirko Farnetani is the Firmwide Embodied Carbon Leader for the global architectural, urban planning and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Using his seventeen years of experience in the construction industry as a sustainability specialist and fully-qualified architect, Mirko oversees the performance of all of the firm's projects by integrating carbon abatement and regenerative solution strategies into SOM's design approach. His unique expertise plays an instrumental role in SOM's recently launched Whole Life Carbon Accounting, a new standalone service which provides an understanding of a building's true carbon impact and the ability to translate carbon targets into measurable performance outcomes. Before joining SOM, Mirko was involved as reviewer and technical engagement for the NHS Net Zero Building Standard, published in February 2023. Whilst at Hilson Moran, Mirko reviewed and helped to develop content for the City of London Corporation's, Carbon Options Guidance (Planning Advice Note, 2023). Additionally, he was the benchmarks data partner and reviewer for the GLA, Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Assessments (London Plan Guidance, 2022). During his time at the BRE Group, he developed the methodology for the Environmental Evaluation module of the Circular Building Assessment (CBA), part of the EU Horizon 2020 Building as Material Banks (BAMB 2020) research project, which aimed to enable a circular economy approach in the construction industry. He is also the co-author of 'Case Study 2, Whole Life Carbon ' Curtain Walling' in the 2017 book, Targeting Zero, published by RIBA Publishing.