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Is PC1 still alive?

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Eric Shamp on Sep 25, 2013, 4:49 pm

It's taken us a couple of years to get to this point, but we're finally working through this pilot credit. A couple of questions:

1. Is anyone still monitoring this forum?
2. Is our...

Last reply: Frances Yang, Sep 25, 2013, 7:20 pm

Cost of a whole building LCA and providers?

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by rw speer on Apr 7, 2013, 6:52 pm

Is there a list somewhere of service providers that will do an LCA on your building? What do they charge?

Last reply: Frances Yang, Apr 10, 2013, 1:47 pm

No Zone 8 option for Athena EcoCalculator

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Chris Miller on Sep 21, 2012, 3:06 pm

One of the biggest challenges of implementing sustainable design in the sub-arctic is the lack of information and resources specific to this climate. Here is another example of this problem -...

Foundation and Footings

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Swagata Guhathakurta on Jan 5, 2012, 5:42 pm

Can anyone tell me why Foundation and Footings are eliminated from the LEED LCA Claculator? We have to input this information in the Athena EcoCalculator, but not in the LEED LCA Calculator?...

LCA and Renovating an Existing Building

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Dana Murdoch on Sep 30, 2011, 11:15 am

I am considering using this pilot credit for a renovation project of a residence hall. Does anyone have an opinion if this would make sense?

Some background - The residence hall is going...

Last reply: Sara Goenner Curlee, Dec 22, 2011, 12:34 pm

ACP for MRc1.1,4,5?

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Nathan Lee on Jul 13, 2011, 4:20 am

I know this is probably the most basic of questions, so please bear with me.

I am trying to figure out the application of points for PC1 and if it is an ACP for the MR credits listed above...

Last reply: Nathan Lee, Jul 22, 2011, 8:26 am

ACP

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Whit Faulconer on Jul 18, 2011, 10:34 am

Thanks Batya, and Susan hit the nail on the head. Proposing that at some point an LCA based credit could be an ACP for some of the MR Credits is tricky for many reasons. We are working to...

calculation assumptions

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Susan Walter on Jul 11, 2011, 10:04 am

Now that we're digging into the credit, we have questions on the assumed thickness for items that are a SF input. For example, we have mainly 12" thick foundation walls but a significant area...

LEED LCA Calculator

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Kelly Roberts on Jun 22, 2011, 5:30 pm

The link to the LEED LCA Credit Calculator does not appear to be working anymore. Does anyone know why this is?
The site is:
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Last reply: Susan Walter, Jul 7, 2011, 3:04 pm

More LCA Score Questions

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Dirk Kestner on Jul 1, 2011, 1:11 pm

Were Laura’s questions from April 7th ever resolved? I just input some data for a new project and am also getting a score over 100. I think that some units are off between what EC outputs and...