The green building movement is experiencing a fundamental shift in the way it approaches sustainable design. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), is used to assess building materials from extraction and processing through manufacturing, transportation, use, maintenance and disposal or recycling taking into account energy use, air pollution, global waste and global warming potential to provide a common basis to compare designs.

Armed with LCA analysis, design and construction professionals are able to make informed, scientifically-based choices that result in better buildings.

You will learn:

• The why and how of LCA
• What is in the LCA toolkit and where tools fit in the project delivery process
• Details about the free ATHENA® EcoCalculator for Assemblies
• How to use the EcoCalculator

Who should attend:

About the speaker:

Wayne Trusty is President of the Athena Institute a non-profit organization dedicated to the sustainability of the built environment. Athena provides groundbreaking LCA software as well as the free Eco-Calculator so that users can compare alternative design scenarios and incorporate environmental considerations while still at the conceptual stage of a project.