Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment - 2010 Final Presentation - Part 3/6

This is a video of the final presentation for CIVL 498C - Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment - at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver campus. This course and the study presented in this video are part of a fundamental change occuring in green building to move towards adopting more performance based assessment criteria. It is recommended for those keen to stay ahead of changing trends as an educational piece, as this course is pioneering education in LCA and it's integration into green building.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is regarded as the most comprehensive and rigorous environmental impact analysis tool available, and is the leading method for educating sustainable decision-making due to its transparent nature and un-subjective approach. Through a course conceived and taught by Rob Sianchuk, fourth year Civil Engineering students are engaged in the creation of a UBC building life cycle assessment (LCA) database. The purpose of this is to catalogue the quantified impacts of what it is to create UBC academic buildings. This includes assessing environmental impacts associated with the extraction of resources, manufacturing of construction materials, and assembly of construction materials into an academic buildings ("cradle-to-gate"). One of the primary applications of this LCA database is as an impact baseline for UBC to develop performance based green building assessment criteria upon. The primary suppporters whom have helped make this course possible include the;

- UBC SEEDS program
http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/campus-sustainability/getting-involved/seeds

- Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
http://www.athenasmi.org/

- OnCenter Software
http://www.oncenter.com/

- Civil Engineering Dept.

- UBC Sustainability Office

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