RESNET Standard 1550: Embodied Carbon Comes of Age
Building Energy Boston 2019 launched awareness of embodied carbon as a key issue for the home building sector. The following five years marked major advances in understanding and measuring EC. The question quickly changed from "what is embodied carbon?" to "how can we best measure embodied carbon?" Now, in 2025, comes the first consensus standard for measuring and reporting embodied carbon, and this session opens the hood and examines what's in the standard, how it works and how to use 1550.
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Event Time:
Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Room / Location:
Harbor 1
CEU Information:
Credit pending for AIA, BOC, BPI, GBCI, MA CSL, NAHB, NARI, PHI, Phius, and RESNET certification.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the contents of the new RESNET Standard 1550
- Describe the life cycle phases and product categories that are included/excluded from the standard, the rationale for these decisions and the limitations and advantages inherent in these decisions
- Formulate a strategy for the potential inclusion of 1550 in your own decarbonization efforts and work flow
- Discuss any issues and concerns with 1550 and ways to get involved in the ongoing development of the standard and training/certification efforts that support it
Session ID:
BOS25-130
