Embodied Carbon 101: MEP

Managing embodied carbon impacts? Don’t overlook your project’s MEPs.

Though mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems feature heavily in conversations about operational energy, they are an often-overlooked element in the embodied carbon conversation. Learn how MEP contributes to a project’s overall embodied carbon, including the impacts of systems of different scales and complexity, as well as the effects of MEP replacement cycles.

Presented by Virginia COTE with support from AIA Virginia’s Knowledge Community Grant program and the following sponsors:

SILVER
Mafi

BRONZE
Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors

Earn 1.5 AIA LU|HSW

Register online.

Embodied Carbon 101: Structure

Just how much-embodied carbon is your project’s structure accountable for? And what can be done to reduce the impacts?

Structure accounts for a significant portion of a project’s embodied carbon. In this course, a panel of structural engineers and researchers discusses the positives and negatives, with regard to embodied carbon, of using concrete, steel, and timber each as primary structural materials. Panelists share ways to reduce and measure the embodied carbon impacts of each structure material–-through material makeup and specification, material reduction, material sourcing, and reuse.

Presented by Virginia COTE with support from AIA Virginia’s Knowledge Community Grant program and the following sponsors:

SILVER
Mafi

BRONZE
Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors

Earn 1.5 AIA LU|HSW

Register online.

Embodied Carbon 101: Envelope

Design your next façade system using embodied carbon strategies.

Envelopes are among the systems that have the largest embodied carbon impact on a building. Traditionally envelope systems and materials are chosen for aesthetics, cost, and operational energy, but embodied carbon is equally important. Learn how to apply embodied carbon strategies when designing your next façade system, including strategies for renovating existing buildings, insulation, and selecting cladding materials.

Presented by Virginia COTE with support from AIA Virginia’s Knowledge Community Grant program and the following sponsors:

SILVER
Mafi

BRONZE
Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors

Earn 1.5 AIA LU|HSW

Register online.

Embodied Carbon 101: Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

Learn about using EPDs to reduce the embodied carbon impacts of a project.

Learn what environmental product declarations (EPDs) are—plus how to write them, how to read them, and how to they can be integrated into your work to reduce the embodied carbon impacts of a project. Get familiar with the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) tool, including its applications and the limitations posed by available EPDs. Learn what it takes to create an EPD—whether you’re a manufacturer or an advocate—and learn what to focus on when you’re deciphering EPDs that others have written. Get introduced to the concept of biogenic carbon and how biogenic carbon in EPDs can help you to select carbon-smart materials.

Presented by Virginia COTE with support from AIA Virginia’s Knowledge Community Grant program and the following sponsors:

SILVER
Mafi

BRONZE
Bamforth Engineers + Surveyors

Earn 1.5 AIA LU|HSW

Register online.