Life Cycle Analysis: Calculating the embodied carbon in building materials
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Life Cycle Analysis: Calculating the embodied carbon in building materials

2022-06-03
In the second of two episodes on reducing embodied carbon in structural systems, IMEG structural engineer Laura Hagan discusses life cycle analysis (LCA), which, in the context of the built environment, examines the lifetime environmental impacts of the different materials used in a building’s construction. The analysis provides data on the embodied carbon arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and eventual disposal or reuse of structural and architectural m...
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