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How to represent product-specific EPDs with LCA tools which don't cover them.

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While we are getting up to speed on using OneClick LCA in our practice, most of our project LCAs are still in Tally, which currently has a more fixed database of materials.

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Wed Jun 14, 2023, 4:07 pm

Is Option 2 AND Option 3 possible?

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posted by  Ian McCall  on 

Dear LEED Experts, 

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Defining a baseline building

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posted by  Cecilia Lopez-Cotarelo  on 

Hello,

I am carrying out an LCA for an EU-based project and am confused as to how to establish a baseline to compare improvements in the carbon footprint. 

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Tue Jan 31, 2023, 3:40 pm

Is the LCA a design or construction credit for LEED?

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posted by  Camilo Velez  on 

Hello all,

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Tue Sep 27, 2022, 7:03 am
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Does LEED require a third-party to verify the LCA report?

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posted by  Michael   on 

My project is using One Click software to do LCA report.

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Tue Nov 8, 2022, 6:37 am

Updated Credit Requirements - resubmit or appeal?

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posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

Wondering if anyone has experience with this - we submitted the Credit under the beta version of v4.1 in June 2021, not realizing that the April 2021 version of the Credit has lower thresholds.

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Sarah Buffaloe
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Tue May 31, 2022, 7:59 pm
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Baseline - OK to use generic data and then show improvement with EPD?

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posted by  Linn Stolt  on 

Hello!

​I was wondering if it is allowed to use generic data for the Baseline and use EPD for the propsed building to show imporvements?

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Baha Sadreddin
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Mon Mar 14, 2022, 9:23 am

Reused element in either structure or enclosure

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posted by  Maria Porter  on 

Option 2, path 4 – LCA. “….and incorporate reuse and/or salvage materials into the project’s structure and enclosure….”.

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Tool for LCA

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posted by  Martin Maribo  on 

Can the Danish tool, LCAbyg, for MR Credit: Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction be used for a project in Denmark?

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Option 2, Path 1

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posted by  Michelle Halle Stern  on 

Is Athena the only free LCA tool to use to get the 1 point whole building assessment?

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Tue Mar 8, 2022, 7:09 pm