How to Elevate the Sustainability of Architectural Products | On Demand

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  • Presented by Brian Treston
  • Where Offices or Virtual
  • Time 1 hour

Course Description: 
This course helps designers cut through the noise and focus on two key frameworks for evaluating architectural product sustainability.  First, the International Living Future Institute has provided a framework for evaluating the toxicity of products with its Declare Label. Second, Enviornmental Product Declarations have become the gold standard in measuring the carbon footprint of products. Attendees will learn how leverage these frameworks to design healthier and more environmentally friendly spaces.

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Understand which chemicals and materials are classified as toxic by the International Living Future Institute.
  2. Understand the significance of embodied carbon in our built environment.
  3. Learn how to read and interpret a Declare Lable from the International Living Future Institute.
  4. Learn how to read and interpret a Life-Cycle-Analysis (LCA) as part of an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
  5. Learn how to detoxify and decarbonize specifications.

A modern office lounge area with cork walls, wooden furniture, and contemporary lighting. The left side shows a seating arrangement with a round gray ottoman, a wooden bench, and a wooden armchair on a terracotta rug with green plants in the background. The right side displays a close-up of modern layered rectangular light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, with a similar view of the cork wall and window.

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