Carbon emissions are a critical metric for understanding and reducing the environmental impact of buildings. Built environment professionals and practitioners need to be conversant in carbon calculations by utilising life cycle assessments (LCA) as a tool to evaluate the carbon impact of building projects, whether to compare design schemes for a building project, or for the adaptive reuse and retrofit of a building.
SGBC organised on 18 Nov. 2024 the second run of the highly popular SGBC Industry Course: Understanding Embodied Carbon & Life Cycle Assessment for Building Projects, where we covered a comprehensive list of topics:
✅ Understanding embodied carbon emissions and a building’s LCA
✅ The role of environmental product declarations (EPD)
✅ Conducting LCA of building projects and identifying potential decarbonisation opportunities
✅ Comparison and selection of building materials for their impact on a building’s carbon performance
