Embodied Carbon Part 2: CMU Embodied Carbon - Understanding Impacts Through LCA

This presentation provides an overview of why CMU assemblies are a low embodied carbon building material. It quantifies concrete masonry's cradle-to-gate embodied carbon advantages by progressing from simple “mini LCA” wall assembly comparisons to prototype building LCA case studies. The course emphasizes how efficient design strategies, including modular coordination, optimized structure and strategic grout and reinforcement placement, serve as major drivers for both carbon reduction and cost savings. By exploring the intersection of design efficiency with sustainability goals, participants will learn how thoughtful CMU design decisions lower embodied carbon, reduce material usage, and improve project economics simultaneously.

Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:

• Discover the 3 reasons dry-cast concrete masonry units (CMU) are a low embodied carbon concrete, and explore how concrete masonry offers interconnected sustainability strategies.
• Compare the cradle-to-gate embodied carbon of several different wall assemblies with simple wall sections.
• Investigate the cradle-to-gate embodied carbon of 3 different structural systems, by exploring a prototype mix-used building LCA case study.
• Introduce and explore efficient design strategies and discover how these strategies can lower both the embodied carbon and also the cost of a project.

Approximately 1 hour. Delivered via webinar or face-to-face presentation. Available sessions shown below.

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