Sustainable Building Investment: LCA and LCC in Design

Sustainable investment in building design requires a comprehensive understanding of economic and environmental factors throughout a structure’s lifecycle. This course introduces a multidisciplinary approach to assessing these impacts using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC). Participants will learn to calculate and interpret key indicators, such as embodied energy, embodied carbon, and end-of-life costs, to guide design and retrofitting decisions.

Explore practical methodologies for integrating sustainability into investment strategies, including the application of synthetic economic-environmental indicators to evaluate global performance.

Key topics include:

• Using LCA and LCC to assess economic and environmental sustainability.
• Incorporating end-of-life considerations into design and retrofitting projects.
• Practical tools for quantifying embodied energy and carbon.