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)?”
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”
BREEAM are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘Mat 01 Explained’ learning module to support our assessors, project teams and clients in their implementation of the Mat 01 credit issue of the UK New Construction 2018 (UKNC 2018) scheme. Following the Mat 01 interactive workshops held across the country in 2019, which involved engagement … Continue reading “BREEAM Launch Mat 01 Explained Learning Module”
