Understanding Embodied Carbon in Architectural Projects

Description

Sustainable architecture is becoming more important than ever as the AEC industry is working to reach carbon reduction and sustainability targets. The presentation discusses standards, guidance, data sources and legislation driving embodied carbon to the front of the sustainable construction conversation, and delves into the standard methodology to calculate it in architectural projects. It will show how to approach assessments from early design stages as well as in advanced stages, and how to assess carbon for the whole lifecycle of projects.

By the end of the seminar you will be able to:

-Understand project lifecycle stages and how carbon is assessed for projects’ whole lifecycle,

-Know the difference between embodied and operational carbon and their importance to reducing carbon footprints,

-Calculate embodied carbon using material properties, material quantities and embodied carbon data

-Assess embodied carbon in product, transport, construction, use and end of life stages

-Know how to do early and advanced stage assessments and where to find data sources for embodied carbon.