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Impact Estimator training offered with EarthShift.

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Life Cycle Assessment

is widely accepted as the best basis for comparing the environmental impact of alternative materials, components and services. In the case of buildings, material manufacturing is the most important contributor of emissions to water and land, including toxic releases. A recent US study found that construction is the sector producing the most CO2 emissions through the manufacture, transport and use of materials. A Canadian study indicates that the embodied energy in office buildings can be equivalent to more than 20 years of operating energy use, and that material selection or other design decisions can significantly reduce embodied energy. LCA is the route to document, understand and reduce such critical environmental effects.

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Impact Estimator training offered with EarthShift

We are pleased to announce an online course being offered monthly in conjunction with EarthShift. The three-hour course, entitled "LCA for the Building Industry" will provide an introduction to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), its application to the building industry, and how to use three tools:

  • SimaPro;
  • the ATHENA® EcoCalculator for Assemblies; and
  • the ATHENA® Impact Estimator for Buildings.

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