Dates: Tuesdays, 9:00am – 12:00pm from September 28 – October 26, 2010

Location: Light House Sustainable Building Centre, 2060 Pine Street, Vancouver, BC

Registration

Early Bird Rate (until September 14th) - $875 + HST ($120 discount off regular rate)
Regular Rate - $995 + HST

Register online at http://lcaforbuildings.eventbrite.com or contact helenc<at>sustainablebuildingcentre.com to pay by cash or cheque.

Course Description

Governments and the building industry are looking more closely at the environmental footprint of buildings and the materials that comprise them. For example, emerging carbon reduction requirements in Canada and consumer demand are requiring that building industry professionals and owners appreciate the full environmental profile of buildings in order to identify processes to achieve effective carbon reduction.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is widely regarded as the most rigorous and comprehensive approach available for assessing the environmental performance of products and services over their life cycle. Countries in Europe and Asia are introducing LCA-based requirements, such as Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Carbon Declarations (CDs). France and Japan are examples of countries moving towards mandatory requirements, with the European Union expected to follow. Similarly Canada and the United States are now exploring LCA and EPD.

This course is designed to give building industry professionals a detailed look at LCA and what it can do to enhance the environmental footprint of buildings. Developed specifically for building industry professionals, each topic covered in the sessions includes examples and references to building products and industry research to provide participants with practical reference points.

The first three sessions cover the LCA framework building up to the fourth session where the international standards for assessing the environmental performance of construction products (ISO 21930) and buildings (21931-1) are reviewed. The final session introduces participants to product and building level LCA softwares alongside other valuable resources.

The primary goal of this course is to prepare participants to put LCA into practice as a method for assessing the life cycle environmental performance of buildings and their products. This course will be of interest to building industry professionals, including engineers, architecture, materials specifier, product manufacturers, as well as building owners and developers.

Session 1: Goal & Scope

The first part of the first session provides students with an overview of the course and topics to be covered, including a review of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) LCA standards 14040 & 14044, which provide the framework for the topics to be covered. The second part covers the first stage in performing an LCA, the Goal & Scope, where the context and modeling details for carrying out and LCA study are established.

Session 2: Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)

The second session incorporates formal presentation and practical exercises to cover the development of a life cycle inventory (LCI), which represents the second stage in the LCA framework. Specific topics covered include;

o Data collection preparation
o Flow chart development
o Relating unit processes and functional units
o Data aggregation

Session 3: Life Cycle Impact Assessment & Life Cycle Assessment Methodologies

The third session covers the third component of the LCA framework - life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). Specific topics covered include;

o Impact categories, category indicators and characterization factors
o Impact allocation
o Normalization, grouping and weighting
o Uncertainty

The second part of this session investigates the various methods used to interpret LCA study results., including;

o Completeness check
o Sensitivity check
o Consistency check
o Dominance Analysis
o Decision Maker Analysis
o Break Even Analysis

Session 4: ISO Standards

This session ties the information from the first three sessions to the context of the ISO Sustainability in Building Construction suite of standards, including;

o ISO 15932: General Principles
o ISO 21929: Sustainability Indicators – Part 1 – Framework for development of indicators for Buildings
o ISO 21930: Environmental Declaration of Building Products
o ISO 21931-1: Framework for Methods of Assessment of Environmental Performance of Construction Works – Part 1 – Buildings

Special attention will be given to ISOs 21930 and 21931-1 in order to provide participants with a practical understanding of their application.

Session 5: LCA Software

The final session explores the capabilities of available LCA softwares. Softwares shown include the ecoCalculator, Impact Estimator and SimaPro. Additional LCA-related readings, organizations and conferences, will be discussed to provide course participants with resources to continue their education and engagement in the subject.

PILOT: Cutting through the hot air: a course on carbon neutral buildings

Carbon neutral? Net zero energy? Zero energy building? Offsetting?  Getting confused yet!  Architecture 2030, the Living Building Challenge, One Planet Living, and many governments are encouraging and requiring a move toward carbon neutrality in buildings.  This course has been created for owners, operators, and designers exploring what carbon neutrality means in the context of building and neighbourhood design and operation.  Cascadia will explore the rapidly evolving concepts of carbon neutrality in the global climate change movement, and how they relate to policy and practice specific to the building sector.  Several case studies will be examined and discussed in detail, and tools and resources useful for evaluating and assessing carbon neutrality will be shared.

Faculty:
Lindsay Cole and Yuill Herbert, Sustainability Solutions Group http://www.sustainabilitysolutions.ca/

Funded by:
Vancity
British Columbia Real Estate Foundation

Developed by:
Sustainability Solutions Group

Delivered in partnership with:
Cascadia Green Building Council
Victoria Emerging Green Builders

Schedule
Monday, June 21, 2010
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - Registration opens at 8:00 am

Location
Fairfield Community Association
Gary Oak Room
1335 Thurlow Road
Victoria, British Columbia  V8S 5K2

Refreshments
Coffee, tea and light snacks will be served.
Transportation
Bus - #3 bus from downtown stops at Fairfield and Moss (1 block away).
Bike - short 10 minute bike ride from downtown

Regular Costs
Cascadia Member:  $125
Non-Member:  $150
Students / EGB (full-time):  $50

Click here to register: http://cuttingthroughthehotair.eventbrite.com/ or copy and paste the URL into your web browser.

This two-day course is designed for site superintendents, supervisors, site safety officers, and managers of the trades to gain the skills and knowledge needed to coordinate, supervise, and train crews on site. Learn to train your staff about green building basics for each job site in the familiar format of a safety orientation.

For more information, visit: http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/gctp

 Or: Register Online Now!

Streamline Enterprises and Green Living™ Technologies are excited to present their first Canadian Certified Installers Training Course, in Abbotsford, BC, on Wed., June 17th and Thurs., June 18th, 2009. Don’t miss this opportunity to join Green Living™ Technologies President George Irwin and Anthony Caggiano from Plant Connection, as we discuss the unique features of Green Living™ Roof Systems and Green Living™ Walls. This two-day course will provide the classroom requirement of becoming a Certified GLT Installer. The program will include a small living wall project, and a visit to a nearby GLT grower.

When: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 & Thursday, June 18th, 2009, 8am - 5pm

Where: Ramada Plaza & Conference Centre, 36035 North Parallel Rd. Abbotsford, BC V3G 2C6

Cost: $800 Per Person (Transportation & Lodging Not Included)

$200 Per Additional Person in the Same Company

$450 for Optional Sample Sales Kit (Includes Roof & Wall panels)

o Please complete the attached registration form with payment information to reserve your place

o See attached itinerary as an example of what is covered throughout the two-day course

o Continental breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided on both days as part of the course fee

o Call hotel directly (604-870-1050) to arrange accommodation (group rate has been negotiated)

o Daily carpooling to and from Vancouver will be organized, contact us for more details

o Contact Chris Bruntlett (604-854-2966 or chris@streamlineenterprises.ca) with any questions

Green Roofs for Healthy
Cities* presents

Green Walls 101 - Introduction to Systems and
Design

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

BCIT, Room 481
555 Seymour Street
Vancouver,
BC

8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Space is limited - sign up now. To register
online go to

www.greenroofs.org

Green Wall Design 101 Introductory
Course

This course will provide design professionals, contractors, and planners, who already have a basic understanding of green roofs, with the knowledge to determine the appropriate green roof system, design performance criteria, installation and maintenance.

Students will be exposed to leading edge information on materials, design details, and implementation methods. The course presents regionally-relevant solutions supported by the current research at the Centre for the Advancement of Green Roof Technology (CAGRT).

Held on Tuesday evenings from April 8 - May 13, this course will provide design professionals, contractors, and planners, who already have a basic understanding of green roofs, with the knowledge to determine the appropriate green roof system, design performance criteria, installation and maintenance.

Students will be exposed to leading edge information on materials, design details, and implementation methods. The course presents regionally-relevant solutions supported by the current research at the Centre for the Advancement of Green Roof Technology (CAGRT).