Learning Objectives

1. Define key terms that architects should understand as carbon increasingly used as an indicator of building performance

2. Understand the life cycle analyst’s role in creating comparison scenarios.

3. Understand the role of durability in life cycle analysis (using flooring as an example).

4. Understand biogenic carbon, and what inputs will be needed for its accounting.

Comments

Nice presentation

Alex

good study

Rob

clear description and graphics.

nancy

interesting

Peter

Great Lesson

Ke-Chung

Good info

Faisal

Nice Course

Ian

Great info but a lot to digest particularly with the acronyms

Mirko

informative

Keltie

Very importamt topic for Architects who can lead in designing & building a sustainable environment.

Ricardo

great topic. thanks

DAVOUD

Very informative presentation.

Kimberley

Fascinating

JD

Very interesting

Horacio

Informative

George

Good presentation.

Otto

Excellent content

Layla

Great

Stephen

Very informative! Thanks!

Amir

Great topics and very informative!

Neda

Perfect

Amir

Detailed and informative session

Matthew

interesting review

Nick

Good stuff

Ryan

interesting presentation

fanny

good course

BRANKO

Thanks for information and topics covered.

Alankar

The presentation was very informative and progressive.

John

very good in-depth knowledge of wood LCA and carbon

Will

Excellent! Definitely would be interested in learning more about the different tools and how they can be used.

Laurie

Great Presentation

Doug

great

Lan

Sustainable

James

Informative

Martina

Great! Very informative!

Elena

great

Gabriel

good information.

Bahram

Great course

Saul

great

Akhilesh

was good very interesting topic

Madison

GOOD

Sahar

Helpful course

Lloyd

Great topic

Mohamed

Great information

Antonio

good course

Haewon

Great info!

Alexandre

Thank you for the nice presentation.

Abundancio

Great presenter.

Chris

Great learning experience

Ray

very good course

MATTHEW

Amazing Course

Zhong

Great information.

Nancie

Interesting

John

Great

Felipe

Good

Mandy

Detailed and informative

Joel

great

Thomas

awesome course

Ranger Jefforey J.

Good information

Sean

well structured course

Zhiliang

Informative.

Marco

Good

Zahra

Interesting and informative

Jeffrey

Thanks for the providing this seminar at no cost.

Dongmei

good info!

BEN

Great info on ZNE

Alex

The content was clear and concise, making it easy to grasp.

Shervin

informative presentation

Lok Ching Nadia

Very informative. refreshed the knowledge and gained more.

Manzoor

Great learning. impressive presentation. Thanks

Naeem Ali

Thank you for making this presentation available for free.

Maria

So much to learn! Great class.

Karen

very good

Donald

Course was very interesting.

Michael

Great presentation.

Alan

Good presentation

Marco Miguel

Good Lesson.

Kendall

Well constructed course and quiz.

Tom

Well-presented and Informative

Domenico

Great for everyone

Taufiq Ihsan

useful

Bojana

Straightforward and interesting

Jared

Great learning how different building materials can be used to lower carbon emissions .

Eric

Great presentation and tool exposure. It will be interesting to track the next phase of biogenic carbon measuring.

Benny

Great presentation. Very knowledgeable

Jonathan

great

Karen Junie

good course

Gary

good presentation useful for my practice

Ron

informitive

John

interesting subject on carbo

Tae (a.k.a. Francisco)

Informative and helpful.

Ying

thanks for offering course.

nicholas

Great presentation!

Scott

Well organized and thorough presentation, thank you. I learned a lot.

Yvonne

Great webinar

Christina

Great informative easy to digest course!

Ella

good info, subject matter is a bit complicated

Rebecca

Very interesting

Maria

Great course

Sarkis

This session was a great reminder of how critical it is to account for the entire life cycle of materials when considering embodied carbon. I found it especially helpful to see the role of EPDs and the importance of planning for deconstruction early in the design process. The emphasis on biogenic carbon and future considerations like water integration in carbon calculators was eye-opening—definitely something I’ll carry into my projects.

Monica

Great presentation, thank you!

Krystal

I appreciate the depth of the presentation.

John

Great

Maryam

I found the lecture hard to follow. Terminology was not defined well. The lecturer did not seem to have a good grasp of the information

Gary

interesting

Jenna

Good overview on the course material

Eric

Very interesting presentation, one that sheds a lot of light on the previous misguided focuses of sustainable buildings.

Thomas

Great information.

Jiarui

Good presentation

Ryan

Very informative and interesting subject.

Chi Leung Peter

Great. The class focuses on qualification.

Loren

great

Ken

Would benefit from case study where mass timber construction contributed to LCA.

Cameron

Great and concise course!

Ming

Very informative

Robert Andrew

It was good

Nazli

Great Course, thank you for offering

Bernadette

Great presentation and very helpful to understand the use of materials.

Simon

good course.

Yasmine

Eli makes a very clear, informative and well organized presentation.

Michael

excellent seminar, awesome to consider lifecycle. you cant be proud of driving an electric car not considering the fuel production source and, manufactured impact and disposal of batteries. damn hard test. thank you

Charles

Very informative.

Neil

Great course!

Stephen

Very informative. A subject i have not given enough thought to. Very good presentation!

james

Excellent topic

Matthew

Good Presentation. Covered a lot of material.

Lyn

Very thorough presentation of the complexity of these issues and the ongoing process and resources out there - Thank you

Jay Lawrence

Very informative presentation

David

Great.

Derek

interesting...introduces a lot of detals that difficult to diget in this small amount of time; Learned a lot

Terry

lots of data

Robert

A complex topic, well explored, but the viewer needs to come with a significant amount of knowledge to fully benefit.

Ravi

A complex topic well covered.

Cheryl

Very informative.

Adam

Interesting and informative

Andrew

This was a great video. Lots of useful background and information regarding carbon, calculation and processes.

Amirali

A good introduction to Durable Timber

Lloyd

good course

John

useful information.

Svetlana

Good presentation

Stuart

great course!

Jason

interesting subject

Marc

Not a great presenter.

Mike

Thank you-- very interesting... and complicated!

Christine Wolfe

Good ti know.

Jay

Course was very good.

Leandra

Thank you

Ela

informative

Ambrose

No comment.

Borna

Informative presentation with a good introduction to carbon calculating tools compatible with key 3D modelling softwares.

Shegalla

Good Presentation

Joe

Good

Courtney

Good.

Christopher

excellent Presentation

Simon

Timber construction plays a strong role in my practice and the sustainable component is compelling.

Mark

very interesting

Soward

Very Informative

Mitesh

Very interesting course. thank you

Robert

Certificate

Saja

Very informative

Dennis

Great course.

Lily

Good formation

Gabriel

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Architects have always had to adapt to a variety of performance indicators like energy use for their buildings. Recent years have seen a complex shift towards embodied carbon as an indicator. This shift has occurred without a full understanding of the principles of life cycle analysis (LCA), that go into the data sets for carbon. The rise of mass timber has fueled a broad interest in wood and bio-sourced building materials as a potential carbon storage solution. However, there is a real difficulty of capturing complex and regional variations in the simple frameworks of most carbon comparisons. There are competing agendas, methodology, and data presented to specifiers from all sides. Even the best advocates for timber must be humble about the range of variables while defending their choices of regenerative natural building materials. This course starts by helping the modern architectural practice to understand key definitions and principles of carbon calculation metrics and life cycle analysis. It then moves into specific comparisons that highlight the unique attributes of wood, with learning objectives demonstrating the effect of design for durability and biogenic carbon.

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Length: 1h


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Durable Timber: Designing for the Life Cycle of Embodied Carbon

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Architects have always had to adapt to a variety of performance indicators like energy use for their buildings. Recent years have seen a complex shift towards embodied carbon as an indicator. This shift has occurred without a full understanding of the principles of life cycle analysis (LCA), that go into the data sets for carbon. The rise of mass timber has fueled a broad interest in wood and bio-sourced building materials as a potential carbon storage solution. However, there is a real difficulty of capturing complex and regional variations in the simple frameworks of most carbon comparisons. There are competing agendas, methodology, and data presented to specifiers from all sides. Even the best advocates for timber must be humble about the range of variables while defending their choices of regenerative natural building materials. This course starts by helping the modern architectural practice to understand key definitions and principles of carbon calculation metrics and life cycle analysis. It then moves into specific comparisons that highlight the unique attributes of wood, with learning objectives demonstrating the effect of design for durability and biogenic carbon.

Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)

Length: 1h


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Learning Objectives

1. Define key terms that architects should understand as carbon increasingly used as an indicator of building performance

2. Understand the life cycle analyst’s role in creating comparison scenarios.

3. Understand the role of durability in life cycle analysis (using flooring as an example).

4. Understand biogenic carbon, and what inputs will be needed for its accounting.

Comments

Nice presentation

Alex

good study

Rob

clear description and graphics.

nancy

interesting

Peter

Great Lesson

Ke-Chung

Good info

Faisal

Nice Course

Ian

Great info but a lot to digest particularly with the acronyms

Mirko

informative

Keltie

Very importamt topic for Architects who can lead in designing & building a sustainable environment.

Ricardo

great topic. thanks

DAVOUD

Very informative presentation.

Kimberley

Fascinating

JD

Very interesting

Horacio

Informative

George

Good presentation.

Otto

Excellent content

Layla

Great

Stephen

Very informative! Thanks!

Amir

Great topics and very informative!

Neda

Perfect

Amir

Detailed and informative session

Matthew

interesting review

Nick

Good stuff

Ryan

interesting presentation

fanny

good course

BRANKO

Thanks for information and topics covered.

Alankar

The presentation was very informative and progressive.

John

very good in-depth knowledge of wood LCA and carbon

Will

Excellent! Definitely would be interested in learning more about the different tools and how they can be used.

Laurie

Great Presentation

Doug

great

Lan

Sustainable

James

Informative

Martina

Great! Very informative!

Elena

great

Gabriel

good information.

Bahram

Great course

Saul

great

Akhilesh

was good very interesting topic

Madison

GOOD

Sahar

Helpful course

Lloyd

Great topic

Mohamed

Great information

Antonio

good course

Haewon

Great info!

Alexandre

Thank you for the nice presentation.

Abundancio

Great presenter.

Chris

Great learning experience

Ray

very good course

MATTHEW

Amazing Course

Zhong

Great information.

Nancie

Interesting

John

Great

Felipe

Good

Mandy

Detailed and informative

Joel

great

Thomas

awesome course

Ranger Jefforey J.

Good information

Sean

well structured course

Zhiliang

Informative.

Marco

Good

Zahra

Interesting and informative

Jeffrey

Thanks for the providing this seminar at no cost.

Dongmei

good info!

BEN

Great info on ZNE

Alex

The content was clear and concise, making it easy to grasp.

Shervin

informative presentation

Lok Ching Nadia

Very informative. refreshed the knowledge and gained more.

Manzoor

Great learning. impressive presentation. Thanks

Naeem Ali

Thank you for making this presentation available for free.

Maria

So much to learn! Great class.

Karen

very good

Donald

Course was very interesting.

Michael

Great presentation.

Alan

Good presentation

Marco Miguel

Good Lesson.

Kendall

Well constructed course and quiz.

Tom

Well-presented and Informative

Domenico

Great for everyone

Taufiq Ihsan

useful

Bojana

Straightforward and interesting

Jared

Great learning how different building materials can be used to lower carbon emissions .

Eric

Great presentation and tool exposure. It will be interesting to track the next phase of biogenic carbon measuring.

Benny

Great presentation. Very knowledgeable

Jonathan

great

Karen Junie

good course

Gary

good presentation useful for my practice

Ron

informitive

John

interesting subject on carbo

Tae (a.k.a. Francisco)

Informative and helpful.

Ying

thanks for offering course.

nicholas

Great presentation!

Scott

Well organized and thorough presentation, thank you. I learned a lot.

Yvonne

Great webinar

Christina

Great informative easy to digest course!

Ella

good info, subject matter is a bit complicated

Rebecca

Very interesting

Maria

Great course

Sarkis

This session was a great reminder of how critical it is to account for the entire life cycle of materials when considering embodied carbon. I found it especially helpful to see the role of EPDs and the importance of planning for deconstruction early in the design process. The emphasis on biogenic carbon and future considerations like water integration in carbon calculators was eye-opening—definitely something I’ll carry into my projects.

Monica

Great presentation, thank you!

Krystal

I appreciate the depth of the presentation.

John

Great

Maryam

I found the lecture hard to follow. Terminology was not defined well. The lecturer did not seem to have a good grasp of the information

Gary

interesting

Jenna

Good overview on the course material

Eric

Very interesting presentation, one that sheds a lot of light on the previous misguided focuses of sustainable buildings.

Thomas

Great information.

Jiarui

Good presentation

Ryan

Very informative and interesting subject.

Chi Leung Peter

Great. The class focuses on qualification.

Loren

great

Ken

Would benefit from case study where mass timber construction contributed to LCA.

Cameron

Great and concise course!

Ming

Very informative

Robert Andrew

It was good

Nazli

Great Course, thank you for offering

Bernadette

Great presentation and very helpful to understand the use of materials.

Simon

good course.

Yasmine

Eli makes a very clear, informative and well organized presentation.

Michael

excellent seminar, awesome to consider lifecycle. you cant be proud of driving an electric car not considering the fuel production source and, manufactured impact and disposal of batteries. damn hard test. thank you

Charles

Very informative.

Neil

Great course!

Stephen

Very informative. A subject i have not given enough thought to. Very good presentation!

james

Excellent topic

Matthew

Good Presentation. Covered a lot of material.

Lyn

Very thorough presentation of the complexity of these issues and the ongoing process and resources out there - Thank you

Jay Lawrence

Very informative presentation

David

Great.

Derek

interesting...introduces a lot of detals that difficult to diget in this small amount of time; Learned a lot

Terry

lots of data

Robert

A complex topic, well explored, but the viewer needs to come with a significant amount of knowledge to fully benefit.

Ravi

A complex topic well covered.

Cheryl

Very informative.

Adam

Interesting and informative

Andrew

This was a great video. Lots of useful background and information regarding carbon, calculation and processes.

Amirali

A good introduction to Durable Timber

Lloyd

good course

John

useful information.

Svetlana

Good presentation

Stuart

great course!

Jason

interesting subject

Marc

Not a great presenter.

Mike

Thank you-- very interesting... and complicated!

Christine Wolfe

Good ti know.

Jay

Course was very good.

Leandra

Thank you

Ela

informative

Ambrose

No comment.

Borna

Informative presentation with a good introduction to carbon calculating tools compatible with key 3D modelling softwares.

Shegalla

Good Presentation

Joe

Good

Courtney

Good.

Christopher

excellent Presentation

Simon

Timber construction plays a strong role in my practice and the sustainable component is compelling.

Mark

very interesting

Soward

Very Informative

Mitesh

Very interesting course. thank you

Robert

Certificate

Saja

Very informative

Dennis

Great course.

Lily

Good formation

Gabriel