Life Cycle Assessment and Embodied Carbon– Making the Most Sustainable Choices

Description

This session will explain life cycle assessment and environmental product declarations, how they relate to leading green building standards, and how project teams can consider these deliverables when assessing the impact of a project. Topics discussed include the benefits and limitations of life cycle assessment, how life cycle assessment is valued by green building programs, the differences in methods between life cycle assessment, whole building life cycle assessment, embodied carbon and other, and a sense of what the future holds for environmentally footprinting. By the end of the presentation you should have a greater understanding of:

- How to better read the results of a life cycle assessment

- How the results of a life cycle assessment or EPD can be utilized

- How to ensure life cycle assessments or EPDs meet the criteria align with green building standards

- How to avoid pitfalls around inaccurate sustainability claims stemming from life cycle assessment

- The rigor, complexity, and limitations of EPDs and life cycle assessments

This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.