Assessing embodied carbon impacts throughout a building’s life cycle is a necessary step in a shift towards regenerative and lower carbon design. The Canadian built environment is the third-highest source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and there is an urgent and critical need to accelerate the knowledge, skills and competencies of professionals who design Canada’s buildings.
To address this need, the RAIC is partnering with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in a one-year rapid-deployment project to train members of the Canadian architectural community through a high quality, hand-on case study-based Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) curriculum. Whole building LCA provides an estimate of the total GHG emissions associated with a building. This includes emissions due to operations and defined as the emissions associated with the extraction, manufacturing, transport, installation, replacement, and the end of service life for products and materials used in a building, which constitute a significant proportion of a building’s whole life carbon emissions.
The RAIC is proud to collaborate with Ha/f Climate Design to organize the in-person RAIC Congress workshops, followed by an online option, on LCA sessions for practicing industry professionals. Following a theory-based lecture on LCA, embodied carbon, and related methodologies, participants will engage in a hands-on workshop, learning the basics of how to perform an assessment in small groups. The workshops will be held between September 2024 and May 2025 in various locations across Canada. The workshops have been approved by AIBC for 6 CORE LUs and can be reported as structured learning.
Upcoming RAIC Congress workshop locations include the following:
- Toronto, ON on October 3, 2024
- St. Andrews, NB on October 8, 2024
- Winnipeg, MB on October 16, 2024
The RAIC invites you to register for a workshop to learn about LCA and how to reduce embodied carbon in real-life projects. See the following link to learn more about all workshop locations: https://raic.org/LCAworkshop.
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is a not-for-profit, national organization dedicated to representing architects and architecture since 1907. The RAIC is the only national voice for excellence in the built environment in Canada focused on providing Canada’s architectural community with the tools, resources, and education to elevate their practice. The RAIC is committed to showcasing how design enhances quality of life, while advocating for important issues of society through responsible architecture.
