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Greenbuild education session on LCA for LEED v4 on Friday 7th

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Panu Pasanen on Jun 19, 2016, 2:57 pm

For those headed to LA Greenbuild and minded to get bit more solid understanding of use and requirements of LCA in LEED context, I'll be co-presenting an education session. It's on Friday October...

Last reply: Panu Pasanen, Jan 17, 2017, 3:16 pm

New Construction- ELODIE Tool

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Ian McCall on Jun 30, 2014, 7:27 am

Hello,
I am working in France where we analysis the Life Cycle Impacts of materials using the European standards notably ISO 21930 / EN 15804 & NF P01-010. The software commonly used to...

Last reply: Julien Richard, Oct 19, 2016, 9:43 am

Operating energy performance

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Noriko Nagazumi on Sep 13, 2016, 9:05 pm

On the FAQ of this page the following is written:

How does the LCA consider operating energy? Isn’t that going to be the biggest source of environmental impacts?

Depending on the...

Last reply: Dionisio Franca, Oct 19, 2016, 1:39 am

Data sets must be compliant with ISO 14044

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Dionisio Franca on Oct 11, 2016, 3:47 am

Hi. I'm trying to understand what is a data set compliant with ISO 14044.

Is the reference guide referring to item 4.2.3.6 "Data quality requirements"?

4.2.3.6.1 Data quality...

Last reply: Jennifer O'Connor, Oct 12, 2016, 3:14 pm

Reuse of existing building materials in the building parking lot

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Greenlab on Sep 19, 2016, 1:49 pm

Hi.
In option 3 of this credit “Building and Material Reuse” we must...

Last reply: Paula Melton, Oct 11, 2016, 12:13 am

LCA Part A4 and A5 – Transport to site and Construction installa

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Petr Vogel on Dec 11, 2015, 10:06 am

already knows but for other forum users). Several European databases including Oekobau.dat, IBU, EPD Norge, Environdec, Spanish and soon also French databases are integrated into our One Click LCA platform....

Last reply: Panu Pasanen, Sep 25, 2016, 4:53 am

Success with LCA option?

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Helene Lefkowitz on Jul 25, 2016, 5:45 pm

Does anyone know of companies that will perform an LCA for this credit? Also, I'm looking to get in touch with a project team that has successfully met the LCA option for this credit. Any...

Last reply: Dirk Kestner, Jul 25, 2016, 6:25 pm

What if the Database of LCA tools is incomplete?

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Marius Dabonneville on Mar 29, 2016, 5:16 am

Hello, I’m Marius, I’m an intern in an environmental office in France. I’m working on Materials and that’s why I have a few questions about this credit and particularly Option 4.
I worked...

Last reply: elsa neves, Jun 19, 2016, 2:44 pm

Operational Energy

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Charalampos Giannikopoulos on Dec 4, 2014, 6:01 am

When conducting a LCA will the baseline and proposed building have the baseline and proposed energy usage accordingly (as per Minimum Energy Performance calculations) or will both have the same...

Last reply: Panu Pasanen, Jun 10, 2016, 6:40 am

Is IESVE IMPACT an accepted LCA tool?

NC-v4 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Juliana Moreira on Jan 7, 2015, 11:29 am

Hi,
in the UK we are using a LCA tool called IESVE IMPACT. It assess a total of 13 indicators (including those listed in the credit requirements) and follows the EN 15978 style life stage...

Last reply: Panu Pasanen, Jun 10, 2016, 6:05 am