Online Embodied Carbon in Construction Training Course

Special Offer: We are currently offering 3 for the price of 2. Buy access for 3 individuals and the third place will be free.

Course Title: Introduction to Embodied Carbon in Construction

Objectives: This online embodied carbon training course is designed to focus on the most important parts of embodied carbon assessment. It will help you develop the knowledge and skills required to produce highly robust, reliable, and efficient studies.

It will explain how to calculate embodied carbon for a construction project. It is equally valid for buildings and infrastructure projects.

You will be taken from the start to the finish of a typical embodied carbon assessment of a construction project.

You will be provided with an introduction to embodied carbon calculations. Including background, wider context, setting a scope, boundaries, and using key standards. It will also help you understand how and where to find data and carbon tools and how to interpret the results of an embodied carbon assessment.

The course will also introduce the importance of embodied carbon reduction for construction products, recognising carbon hotspot areas, and understanding uncertainties in assessments.

Summary:

  • Online training videos – easier to fit around your schedule, access to the videos in your own time
  • Delivered online, be trained from your office or home environment – it also means no travel or accommodation costs and a reduced carbon footprint
  • Discounts for non-profits and charities
  • A proof of training certificate on course completion
  • You can pay online with a credit or debit card, or by bank transfer
  • Access to the Circular Ecology Training Hub for 12 months, including any new content that is released

Dates: Available to take as an online video training course to learn in your own time.

Format: A series of short, informative videos with worked examples and direction to further resources. The course finishing with optional multi-choice test. Upon successful completion of the end of course test, you will also receive a certificate of completion. This course is equivalent to around 2 days of Continued Professional Development (CPD) training.

Your trainers: The video content has been produced by the Circular Ecology team, led by Dr Craig Jones, who is an experienced trainer.

Craig has 16 years’ experience of embodied carbon assessments. He has presented to audiences around the world, including at MIT, and has appeared in publications such as the Guardian, The Times, BBC Online, The Huffington Post, and Bloomberg.

Level: This course is an introduction on embodied carbon. It is suitable for those with no previous knowledge of embodied carbon assessments as well as those with a level of background knowledge. This course is suitable for all sectors related to construction.

Course Content

  • Background to embodied carbon: An introduction to the history and context of embodied carbon, and its significance in buildings and infrastructure
  • Key concepts and importance of embodied carbon: An essential overview of embodied carbon and key concepts
  • Setting a goal and scope for your assessment: Defining boundaries of an assessment, setting a fair functional unit, and understanding what to include. An overview of the embodied carbon of different construction materials. Understanding target audiences and peer verification
  • An overview of standards: Including EN 15978 and EN 15804
  • Targets and guidelines for embodied carbon assessments: Covering government policies and industry specific standards (including EN 15804, EN 15978, and PAS standards), best practices, BREEAM credits, and Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions
  • Method: Accounting for biogenic carbon, and address the end of life of materials including substitution, 50:50, and recycled content methods
  • Data and tools: How to find and interpret data and tools. An introduction to using free and paid databases including the Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE), DEFRA emissions factors, and EPDs. A brief overview of embodied carbon calculation tools
  • Case studies: Worked examples of calculating embodied carbon
  • How to interpret results: Use worked examples to make fair comparisons and recognise hotspot areas for improvement
  • FAQs: An overview of common mistakes
  • Benefits and uncertainties of embodied carbon assessments: Reducing embodied carbon. Recognising uncertainty in the assessment results. Benefits of embodied carbon assessments

Prices: This course is part of the Circular Ecology Training Hub, which gives access to all our video training content.

View our pricing structure and FAQ page for more information.

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Testimonials

Here are a few testimonials from our courses:

“For me it was perfect to see the video and do the test when I have time, so I really like this way of doing a course” – Bergman, Norway

“Thank you for an excellent review of the issues for carbon analysis” – Brad, USA

“Thank you very much again for the course. It was very rewarding for me.” – Marta, Slovakia

“Very useful intro – helped us realise that LCA offers some insights for us, but that actually we need to, for our purposes, learn how to model impacts around individual needs/behaviours and not only around one object’s impacts.” Janet, UK

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