Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
隐含碳与建筑全生命周期评价
Overview
Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment is part of our Green Building & LEED portfolio (Specialist). It runs as a 5-day or 10-day course, in the classroom in 40 cities or live online, and can be delivered in-house and customised for your organisation.
Available in English or Chinese, and as bilingual delivery for joint-venture and Chinese-led project teams in the Gulf and Africa.
You will be able to
- Explain the principles, terminology and standards behind Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment.
- Apply Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment methods to real cases from the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
- Apply credit requirements, calculations and documentation to a live project case.
- Leave with templates and an action plan for your own workplace.
Who should attend
Architects, MEP engineers, sustainability consultants, contractors and facility managers
Course outline
5-day programme (days 1–5)
Foundations and framework
- Course objectives, pre-assessment and scope of Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
- Key terminology and core concepts
- Operations, monitoring and recertification
- Integrative design process
- Roles, responsibilities and interfaces
Principles and methods
- Site, transport and ecology
- Water efficiency
- Methods, procedures and documentation for Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
- Worked examples and guided practice
Tools, analysis and performance
- Energy performance and modelling
- Materials, embodied carbon and EPDs
- Calculations, checklists and decision tools
- KPIs and performance measurement
- Group exercise on a realistic scenario
Application in practice
- Indoor environmental quality
- Documentation and certification process
- Common problems and how to solve them
- Regional practice in the Gulf, Africa and Europe
Case study, assessment and action plan
- Case study: Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment on a Middle East or African project
- Lessons learned and good practice
- Final assessment and feedback
- Personal and team action plan
The 10-day programme adds days 6–10
Advanced topics
- Advanced topics in Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
- Latest standards, editions and industry trends
- Documentation and certification process
- Complex cases and non-routine problems
- Expert panel discussion
Digital tools and data
- Software and digital tools for Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
- Data analytics and dashboards
- Applying AI and automation
- Hands-on lab
Integration and management
- Integration with management systems and ISO standards
- Risk, cost and budget considerations
- Working with contractors and vendors
- Building the business case
Regional case studies
- Gulf case studies: UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar
- African case studies: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Angola
- European benchmarks and regulations
- Peer review of participants’ own cases
Capstone project and certification
- Capstone project preparation
- Team presentations and expert feedback
- Final examination
- Certificate award and 90-day implementation plan
Where it runs
Middle East: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Al Khobar, Doha, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Istanbul
Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Lisbon, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Athens, Edinburgh
Africa (in-house and live online): Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Accra, Addis Ababa, Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Kigali, Dakar, Abidjan, Kinshasa, Maputo, Tripoli
Live online for every time zone, including East Asia.