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Why Needed - Drivers For Change

Toolkit for Life Cycle Management in the Australian building and construction sectors Nigel Howard President - Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society MD of Edge Environment. Why Needed - Drivers For Change. Why Needed - Drivers For Change. Ecolabels & EPD’s. Why Needed - Drivers For Change.

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Why Needed - Drivers For Change

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  1. Toolkit for Life Cycle Management in the Australian building and construction sectorsNigel HowardPresident - Australian Life Cycle Assessment SocietyMD of Edge Environment

  2. Why Needed - Drivers For Change

  3. Why Needed - Drivers For Change Ecolabels & EPD’s

  4. Why Needed - Drivers For Change Green Branding

  5. Why Needed - Drivers For Change Regulation & Incentives – CO2-e

  6. Why Needed - Drivers For Change Practical LCA tools

  7. Environmental marketing claims affecting real markets $$ Carbon accounting - Emission Trading Schemes $$ Basis for both is not robust Inconsistent Goal and Scope Inconsistent methodology between industry sectors Inconsistent methodology up and down the supply chain The ACCC scrutiny of misleading or unsubstantiated “Green” claims Buildings - special challenges: They draw products from every sector They last lifetimes – but the parts may not Operational impact consequences over the building life, energy use, water use, cleaning, maintenance Many tradeoffs - frequent unforeseen consequences and perverse outcomes Why Needed?

  8. Technically rigorous, industry agreed CONSISTENT “Level Playing Field” methodology for compiling LCI data for materials, products and services Up-to-date, country relevant, industry LCI data compiled to the methodology Industry agreed protocols for the use of the data in LCA’s, Ecolabels, EPD’s and design and rating tools (Regulations) Agreed relevant methodology for impact assessment for Australia/NZ and for which the normalisation data exists Regionally (and climatically) relevant weighting factors - from broad stakeholder engagement to interpret LCA’s Consistent data on the life of buildings, assemblies and components for their cleaning and maintenance requirements ALL transparent – available to public, industry, LCA practitioners, to design tool, EPD and ecolabelling bodies - web based What Needed

  9. Source: Deloitte AusLCI Business Plan Draft Energy Timber Transport Concrete Air & Space Steel Fruit & Nut trees Vegetables Rice Broadacre crops Grapes Cotton Poultry Livestock ALCAS/AusLCI

  10. ALCAS/AusLCI

  11. ALCAS/AusLCI Traditional ALCAS Role

  12. ALCAS/AusLCI Traditional ALCAS Role AusLCI

  13. ALCAS/AusLCI • Vision • Engage industry and broaden membership • Chapters across Australia • Make LCA relevant/crucial to industry and government: • CO2-e accounting, • ecolabels, • design tools, • regulation • Seek funding WITH industry as partners • Build AusLCI • Charge more but deliver MUCH more

  14. Source: Deloitte AusLCI Business Plan Draft Energy Timber Transport Concrete Air & Space Steel Fruit & Nut trees Vegetables Rice Broadacre crops Grapes Cotton Poultry Livestock ALCAS/AusLCI

  15. The BPIC/ICIP Project The Buildings & Environment: Full Life Cycle Assessment project, is a joint initiative by the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS), Building Products Innovation Council (BPIC) and BRANZ Pty Ltd. This project was jointly funded by BPIC and the Australian Government under the Industry Cooperative Innovation Program

  16. The Building product sector’s contribution to AusLCI Jointly funded by the Industry (BPIC) and Government (AusIndustry) $1.6M over 3 years 10 major Trade Associations – over 95% of the mass of all buildings Cement Concrete and Aggregates Brick Concrete Masonry Roof Tiles Timber Gypsum Board Steel (Structural Sections and Reinforcing) Windows Insulation The BPIC/ICIP Project

  17. The BPIC/ICIP Project (Nigel’s tribute to the overhead projector)

  18. The BPIC/ICIP Project Strategic for Australia

  19. All documents over 95% complete subject to final sign-offs Data being compiled by Associations – majority expect to complete by August for November project launch A model for other sectors BPIC/ICIP Progress – 2 years in

  20. Substantially similar to AusLCI methodology Some departures / enhancements: Recycling allocation is specified in the BPIC Guidelines Treatment of Imported products is more demanding Scope is consensus agreed between all sectors BPIC LCI Methodology

  21. From review of international best practice to address key questions: Which methods are well accepted and robust? Of these, which are appropriate and relevant to Australia? Of these, for which does Au Normalisation data exist? Impact Assessment

  22. From review of international best practice to address key questions: Which methods are well accepted and robust? Of these, which are appropriate and relevant to Australia? Of these, for which does Au Normalisation data exist? And the gaps provide a research agenda for the future! Impact Assessment

  23. Impact Assessment

  24. Compiled from all available sources in Australia and Internationally Aiming for REAL life data, NOT Guaranteed life, NOT durability life Cleaning, Maintenance, Replacement Life Database

  25. Compiled from all available sources in Australia and Internationally Aiming for REAL life data, NOT Guarunteed life, NOT durability life Shockingly little objective data available Cleaning, Maintenance, Replacement Life Database

  26. Cleaning, Maintenance, Replacement Life Database

  27. Cleaning, Maintenance, Replacement Life Database Over 3500 items compiled

  28. Controversial in LCA – but essential to make LCA practical Weightings Working Group of key stakeholders Which method to use Distance to target Contingent valuation Panel method Sampling Frame Locations Stakeholders invited Weightings

  29. Controversial in LCA – I believe they are essential to make LCA practical Weightings Working Group of key stakeholders Which method to use Distance to target Contingent valuation Panel method Sampling Frame Locations Stakeholders invited Weightings

  30. Stakeholders Invited

  31. Locations ABS Population Data Sorted by: 1 Climate Zone 2 Population 3 State 4 Regional Centers

  32. Locations Locations Selected: 1 Sydney 2 Melbourne 3 Brisbane 4 Perth 5 Adelaide 6 Canberra 7 Hobart 8 Darwin 9 Albury-Wadonga 10 Alice Springs 11 Townsville ABS Population Data Sorted by: 1 Climate Zone 2 Population 3 State 4 Regional Centers

  33. Summary Weighting of Environmental Issues

  34. Weighting ofGlobal Environment Issues

  35. Weighting ofLocal Environment Issues

  36. Summary Weighting of Environmental Issues

  37. Weighting ofGlobal Environment Issues

  38. Weighting ofLocal Environment Issues

  39. Summary Weighting of Environmental Issues

  40. Weighting ofGlobal Environment Issues

  41. Weighting ofLocal Environment Issues

  42. Sample

  43. Reformatted and Normalised for use with LCA Impact Categories

  44. Issues Measurement, Weighting Impact Score - Ecopoints Impact Assessment

  45. 500 passenger kilometres international air travel 2,120km car travel 66kWh of Australian average electricity 1.5 tonnes of brick 1 Australian Ecopoint =

  46. 500 passenger kilometres international air travel 2,120km car travel 66kWh of Australian average electricity 1.5 tonnes of brick 100 Ecopoints = an Australian average citizen for a year 1 Australian Ecopoint =

  47. What Next? (Nigel’s tribute to the overhead projector)

  48. What Next?

  49. What Next? LCA Tools for Buildings

  50. What Next? LCA Tools for Materials & Products

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