Author: Jane Anderson
An expert in Life Cycle Assessment for the Construction industry
my recent tweets
- How has the UK managed to reduce GHG emissions in last 10 years. Well we've done well for Electricity, Fuel supply… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 5 hours ago
- Excellent that the CLC are highlighting the need to use low carbon materials, but deciding if a new building is rea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 21 hours ago
- RT @theeyecollector: Cycle lanes as muppets, a thread Kermit https://t.co/9WKdGRVRNVxxx 2 days ago
- Response from Lord Greenhalgh for the Government to questions about encouraging retrofit to avoid intensive (embodi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 2 days 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
For every five houses built, does one house worth really go to landfill or incineration?
Duncan Baker-Brown recently claimed this in an article on Construction21, I guess, based on the fact that he also said, “We know that the construction industry in the UK wastes approximately 20% of the material delivered to a building site”, … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, Recovery, resources, Waste
Tagged construction, Demolition, mass balance, recycling, UK
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Update to 2018 EPD numbers
With the revival of the Finnish RTS EPD programme, and the latest numbers from Inies for Verified French ‘Fiche de Declaration Environmental et Sanitaire’ (EPD in French), the numbers for Verified EN 15804 EPD in January 2018 which I have … Continue reading
Policies on embodied impacts of buildings increase interest in EPD
As one of thinkstep‘s lead consultants in construction, I recently wrote an article for the Newsletter of Eco Platform, the European association of construction product EPD Programmes detailing how national and regional policies relating to embodied impacts are increasing interest in … Continue reading
Posted in policy, regulation
Tagged Belgium, california, France, Germany, oregon, USA, vancouver, washington state
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EPD numbers continue to increase…
Following on from my 2017 EPD Infographic, I have again tracked the numbers of verified EPD for construction products aligning to EN 15804. Growth in numbers has continued, and there are now over 5000 EPD available globally. In 2017, new … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, LCA, Life cycle assessment, Standards, TC 350
Tagged BREEAM, LEED, legislation, Level(s), regulation
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Importance of Reducing Embodied Impacts
I’ve just come across this 2014 image from the Construction2030 website, which considers the energy footprint of all the office space globally expected to be built between 2015 and 2030 – 83 billion m², both embodied (from the materials used … Continue reading
Who should benefit from recycling in construction product EPD?
EN 15804, the construction product EPD standard, attributes the impact of treating waste to the waste producer, according to the polluter pays principle. After treatment, when waste has been recovered and reaches the “end of waste”, the resulting secondary material … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, LCA, Life cycle assessment
Tagged methodology, recycling, secondary
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thinkstep’s proven solutions in the growing market for EN 15804 EPD
The number of Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) verified to EN 15804 is growing rapidly. For the past couple of years, I have been monitoring the number of EPD produced within each of the construction EPD programmes around the world, and … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, EPD, LCA
Tagged France, Germany, ireland, regulation
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Updated EPD Infographic for 2017
I’ve just updated my infographic showing the number of Construction Product Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) with the latest figures for the start of 2017, and a whole lot more detail. Thanks to all the Programme Operators who provided information – … Continue reading
Posted in Embodied Impacts, EN 15804, Environmental Product Declarations, Environmental Profiles, EPD, Standards, TC 350
Tagged BRE, EPD Danmark, EPD Italy, IBU, inies, International EPD, UL Environment
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Some thoughts on BREEAM (again)
I’m currently heading down to the UKGBC consultation of the development of BREEAM, and thought it would be helpful to review my concerns with the approach to materials and other aspects such as waste and site energy use within BREEAM. … Continue reading
I’m for Remain
I believe, as members of the EU, the UK really does influence the Standards and Regulations which the EU creates. I have seen this as a UK expert on the Standards Committee I work on. If we leave, we will … Continue reading
