LCA Model
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Getting the Full Environmental Story
We can only design greener buildings if we know how each of the component parts–such as concrete blocks, insulation, glass, cladding materials, and roofing system–affects the environment.
Athena’s research teams follow common building materials from cradle-to-grave and calculate the environmental effects at each stage in the product’s life cycle.
The ATHENA® Impact Estimator for buildings
uses that data in a building systems context to capture the full
environmental story for a conceptual building design.