Author: Jane Anderson
An expert in Life Cycle Assessment for the Construction industry
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- LCA bods thinking of making a move to Australia? @EdgeEnvironment are recruiting. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/EdgeEnvironmen…xxx 4 days ago
- RT @PeteApps: The Home Office will not require owners of high rise buildings to prepare evacuation plans, or make arrangements for disabled…xxx 5 days ago
- And an MSP in Scotland looking to address the other aspect of built environment carbon emissions. twitter.com/ElrondBurrell/…xxx 1 week ago
- Good news on the possibility of regulating embodied carbon via a ten minute rule Bill. But will this next MP get pl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 1 week ago
- There is a proposal for an ISO work item on net zero principles. @BSI_UK are keen to hear from UK stakeholders in t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xxx 1 week ago
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Recent Posts
- My 2022 EPD Numbers Infographic now available
- UK EPD listing
- 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
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Category Archives: Embodied Impacts
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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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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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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Estimated Global Embodied Carbon of Construction Materials
(reposted with original error corrected) RICS have published an infographic comparing the Embodied Carbon and Production of various construction materials . In my view, an uninformed viewer might assume that the problem materials in relation to Embodied Carbon and Construction are … Continue reading
Posted in CO2, Embodied Impacts, Global Warming
Tagged aluminium, climate change, concrete, copper, ICE, lead, RICS, steel, timber
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Over 30 Industry Commitments have now been made to reduce Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment
Building on my earlier post, I have now found over 30 companies that have made commitments that will reduce embodied carbon in the Built Environment. These companies within the manufacturing, construction and property sector have made public commitments to reduce the … Continue reading
Posted in CO2, Embodied Impacts, Global Warming
Tagged built environment, climate change, commitment, COP21, pledge, reduction
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Construction Industry Commitments to reduce Embodied Carbon
This post has now been updated. In the lead up to COP21 in Paris, a number of companies made high profile commitments to reduce their carbon impact, but companies such as Interface, Wilmott Dixon and Marshalls have been making serious commitments to … Continue reading