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.

Event Date
Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Session Chairs

Session Speakers

Room / Location
Harbor 1
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
CEU Information

This session is approved for 1 credit hour toward AIA (LU), BOC, BPI, LEED (BD+C, ID+C), and NAHB certification. Those who attend a full day of the conference are additionally eligible for credit toward MA CSL, NARI, PHI, Phius, and RESNET certification.

Session ID
BOS25-130
Session Documents
130_resnet_standard_1550.pdf (3.82 MB)