IMPs and their role in a low carbon world
Designing Outside the Box
Architects and design professionals need to face future choices right now in designing for a better built environment. The buildings of today must satisfy a supreme standard: they are called upon to achieve functional performance and sustainability, to be resilient and promote occupant health, and to be energy efficient, all while minimizing consumption of materials and resources difficult to replace.
Learning Objectives:
- Define embodied carbon and its effects in the built world.
- Using a matrix of environmental impacts, make sustainable material selections from both traditional and alternative building products.
- Delineate between sustainable certifications, including LEED, LBC, and WELL, to secure a best fit for project goals and outcomes.
4. Define material health and transparency, LCAs, and EPDs, in order generate a responsive and sustainable material selection framework.
5. Evaluate materials by quantifying embodied carbon impacts through LCA tools such as EC3.
