I hope, readers, that you’ll find the article I’ve just written for greenspec® useful. It covers regulation, databases, tools and tips, with lots of links.
Author: Jane Anderson
An expert in Life Cycle Assessment for the Construction industry
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Recent Posts
- When is an EPD not an EPD #2
- ASBP publish a comprehensive list of EPD for UK produced construction products in our new Briefing Paper
- UK Government has required Whole Life Carbon assessments, which means embodied carbon assessments, for all new public works projects and programmes since December 2020
- #RegulateEmbodiedCarbon – ACAN’s campaign
- More than 10,000 EN 15804 EPD at the start of 2021!
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Nice overview. However, on the ‘continent’ we often have diffulties with the term ’embodied’. In fact it is not defined in the TC350 standards. What is your opinion: should it be part of the standards?
Thanks Agnes. You’re right that “embodied” is not a term used in the standards, but in the UK, it is the popular term for the carbon associated by materials as opposed to the operation of the building. I don’t think we are going to be able to change the UK’s use of the term embodied carbon, so it may be helpful in future revisions of EN 15804 and EN 15978 standards to mention in a note how embodied carbon relates to the data provided by the GWP indicator.
Great article, Jane.I am struggling to find the year it has been published as I need to reference it in one of my Uni’s project. Is it 2011? Thank you.
Posted on greenspec September 2014.