Author: Jane Anderson
An expert in Life Cycle Assessment for the Construction industry
my recent tweets
- RT @JulieG_Sust: * NEWS* Really excited about this new @CIBSE awards category on embodied carbon in buildings. Do apply to get your work re…xxx 5 days ago
- Logical really. And similar to @robwheaton and @StrideTreglown embodied Carbon findings at Gwynfaen.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 6 days ago
- Great opportunity to take forward the excellent work on whole life carbon, H\B:ERT and embodied carbon at Hawkins\B… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 1 week ago
- What would embodied carbon regulation look like? Will Arnold @IStructE @jannikgiesekam Tim den Dekjer @FCBStudios… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 1 week ago
- Really detailed overview of the use of EPD in procurement policies in North America, and the difficulties that it e… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 2 weeks ago
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Recent Posts
- 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!
- When is an EPD not an EPD?
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Author Archives: constructionlca
ASBP publish a comprehensive list of EPD for UK produced construction products in our new Briefing Paper
I’m really pleased that as part of the series of EPD Briefing Papers I’ve been writing with the ASBP, I’ve been able to compile a new online Briefing Paper which lists all the EPD for UK produced construction products with … Continue reading
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UK Government has required Whole Life Carbon assessments, which means embodied carbon assessments, for all new public works projects and programmes since December 2020
In October 2020, the Government responded to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2020 Progress Report which had recommended to Government, in relation to embodied carbon in buildings, that the Government, “support the assessment and benchmarking of whole-life carbon in buildings.” … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN15978, regulation, Whole Life Carbon
Tagged Embodied Carbon, GLA, Government, public sector, RICS, UK, Whole Life Carbon
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#RegulateEmbodiedCarbon – ACAN’s campaign
Architects Climate Action (ACAN) launched their campaign to regulate embodied carbon in the UK this evening with over 300 people online! France, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Sweden have all got Embodied Carbon regulation in place, or require assessment of … Continue reading
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More than 10,000 EN 15804 EPD at the start of 2021!
At the start of January 2021, there are just over 10,000 Verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) to EN 15804 for construction products registered globally, as shown in my 2021 Infographic. Regulation in France, where the RE2020 Building LCA legislation will … Continue reading
When is an EPD not an EPD?
Signify and Philips (its lighting brand) are talking a good talk about EPD on their website. The article is is called, “How Environmental Product Declarations are helping green the lighting industry“. They talk about why people might want EPD, for example: … Continue reading
Eco Platform news
Eco Platform is the association for European EPD Programme Operators using EN 15804. The Eco Platform website has just had a revamp, coinciding with the launch of their digital EPD Eco Portal, where you can search for digital EPD by … Continue reading
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Tagged Digitisation, ECO Platform, ECO Portal, Green Procurement, ILCD, InData, regulation, Value of EPD
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Over 7000 EN 15804 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) were available at the start of 2020 with numbers continuing to increase
Rather late in the year I am adding my 2020 EPD Infographic to my blog which provides the numbers of EPD at the start of the year. The number of EN 15804 EPD have continued to rise, with French FDES … Continue reading
Embodied Emissions event at London Climate Week
Event: Managing embodied emissions to improve global climate governance Date: Tuesday 02 July 2019 Time: 5:00pm to 7:30pm Venue: University College London, Cost: … Continue reading
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30th May 2019 was a Big Day for Embodied Carbon in the UK
As a Board Member of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), it was great to chair the ASBP event yesterday that marked the launch of the RICS Building Carbon Database, a rebrand of the WRAP Embodied Carbon Database set … Continue reading
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More than 6000 EN 15804 EPD now available!
My latest update of EPD numbers at the start of 2019 is now available – bit.ly/2019EPD
Posted in EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, Environmental Profiles, EPD, LCA, Life cycle assessment, Standards, TC 350
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