Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Introduction to Life Cycle Assessments Webinar

Why Should You Take This Introduction to Life Cycle Assessments Webinar?

This introductory, 1-hour webinar provides an overview of performing a life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis. It will discuss the importance of making well-informed decisions about products or processes, based on environmental impacts and future expenses. The course will also provide insight on the relationship between green building goals, integrated project delivery, and life cycle assessments.

Students will be introduced to the topic of why traditional methods of choosing between products or processes often overlook future environmental burdens, as well as future monetary issues, such as operations and maintenance cost savings, energy and water cost savings, and costs of replacement repair or disposal.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to specify the components of a life cycle assessment and a life cycle cost analysis, and be able to analyze the difference between traditional decision-making versus using life cycles.

Syllabus

• Introduction
  -Instructor"s experience and introduction
  -Course objectives
• Life Cycles as Part of Integrated Project Delivery
• LCAs, IPD, and LEED
• Costs of Sustainable Design
• LCA Terms
• Up Close: Life Cycle Assessment
  -Four phases of an LCA
  -LCA Process
  -LCA Example
• Up Close: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
-Life Cycle Cost Analysis vs. Value Engineering
• Other Issues
• Class Activity
• Q&A