- Standard Rate
- FREE
- Member Rate
- FREE
- Sustainability
Online Learning
Once you complete this form, a member of the Training team will process your request. If you don't already have a MyCIBSE Learning account, we will create one for you and assign the free course. You will receive an email prompting you to create a password for your MyCIBSE Learning portal. Afterward, you'll receive a second email confirming your course enrolment.
Learn how to assess and reduce carbon in construction projects with the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) training programme.
This programme has been developed by leading industry professionals and is supported by the Laudes Foundation, designed in partnership with CIBSE Training.
This course is suitable for anyone working within the real estate industry. It is aimed at developers, surveyors, contractors, consultants and their teams who would benefit from a foundation in sustainable construction, life cycle assessments and the standards, policy, legislation and guidance impacting construction decision making.
This course will form the foundation to becoming an accredited UK Life Cycle Assessor, as an Accredited Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Practitioner Training Programme will follow in 2025.
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It is aimed at developers, surveyors, contractors, consultants and their teams who would benefit from a foundation in sustainable construction, life cycle assessments and the standards, policy, legislation and guidance impacting construction decision making.
This free course is designed for developers, students and sustainability professionals who wish to learn more about carbon efficient construction, life cycle carbon and the process of assessing carbon in a consistent way via sustainable construction.
Key topics:
- What is embodied carbon and its impact on the climate emergency. What is carbon efficient construction and the regulations driving the need to measure and reduce life cycle carbon in construction.
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) core concepts, including building life cycle stages, environmental impact assessment, and the data types required for performing LCAs.
- Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), what they are, why they are so important and how they are managed.
- Materials, what are the key contributors to embodied carbon, how do building techniques impact embodied carbon, decarbonisation and where to focus attention.
- International Standards overview including standards, policy, legislation and guidance.
- Wider context of sustainable construction including global regulation, the business case and sustainability beyond carbon.