Course Overview
This course is for architects, home designers and builders, energy advisors & energy modellers, engineers, policymakers, and other professionals who will influence or perform Life Cycle Assessments (LCA's). Students will apply their knowledge developed in CESA 1160 to learn how to conduct an LCA using the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute Impact Estimator software. Key topics include defining the data, data quality, and scenarios, conducting an LCA with the Athena Impact Estimator, fair comparisons and how to responsibly interpret and report results.
Prerequisite(s)
- 60% in XZEB 1160
Credits
2.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the material and energy environmental data that underlies whole-building LCA, as well as data quality considerations and scenarios.
- Explain how to create a whole-building LCA model.
- Describe how Athena's Impact Estimator for Buildings software tool works and how to use the software.
- Discuss how to interpret LCA results, including uncertainty, and limitations, and conclusions.
- Explain how to do a fair comparison of LCA results.
- Describe how to responsibly interpret and report LCA results.
Effective as of Fall 2022
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