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BREEAM – Why whole building life cycle assesssment (LCA)?

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to total up the environmental impact of a product’s supply chain. Providing sufficient data is available on the product’s composition and supply chain, LCA can be used to work out the environmental impact of almost anything from a can of baked beans to a car. The results of the … Continue reading “BREEAM – Why whole building life cycle assesssment (LCA)?”

16th May 2018 BREEAM, BREEAM UK New Construction, EPD, Latest News, LCA, Thought Leadership

Getting results with building LCA

Getting results with building LCA As described in the earlier article Why building LCA?, BREEAM New Construction 2018 requires building LCA to be carried out for the new Mat 01 issue. The requirements in Mat 01 focus on rewarding good quality building LCA through comparison with a benchmark and options appraisal. Starting with the project … Continue reading “Getting results with building LCA”

21st June 2019 BREEAM, EPD, LCA, Thought Leadership