EMBODIED CARBON AND LIFE CYCLE
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Summary
Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle covers how the environmental impact of building materials and assemblies is measured and reduced across their life: life cycle assessment, product declarations, material carbon, reuse and waste, and chemical transparency. Operational energy is covered in Energy and Performance.
Types
- Embodied Carbon by Material
Where embodied carbon concentrates in a building, with CLF benchmark intensities and the material groups that drive most impact. - Environmental Product Declarations
Third-party verified product declarations of life cycle impacts, built to product category rules, in industry-wide or manufacturer-specific form. - Healthy Materials
Chemical transparency tools for building products, including the Living Building Challenge Red List, Declare labels, Health Product Declarations, and emissions testing. - Reuse, Recycling, and Waste Reduction
Deconstruction, salvage, and waste reduction for construction and demolition debris, with the constraints and policy trends that affect projects. - Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
Life cycle assessment of a whole building using EN 15978 modules, with definitions of upfront carbon, embodied carbon, and whole-life carbon.
Sources
- Building Transparency: EC3 embodied carbon tool, https://buildingtransparency.org/ec3
- AIA: embodied carbon benchmarking, https://aiaorg.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDXWIK/pages/1317732357/Embodied+carbon+benchmarking