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BCIT – XZEB 1165 – Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessments Using Impact Estimator for Buildings
October 16 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
BCIT – XZEB 1165 – Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessments Using Impact Estimator for Buildings
This is the second of four courses for the Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment Professional microcredential covers advanced topics for assessing data sources, interpreting, and reporting results of a whole-building life cycle assessment (wbLCA).This course builds on the technical foundation and basic principles of life cycle assessment (LCA) to begin practicing whole-building LCA. The course will be based on the Canadian national guidelines for whole-building LCA and will make use of the free LCA software, the Athena Impact Estimator for Buildings.
Key topics include: background material and energy environmental data, scenarios, creating a building model and conducting whole-building LCA, data quality considerations, environmental product declarations (EPDs), interpreting results, making comparisons, and reporting.
To register for this course, learners must have completed the prerequisite 1160 or equivalent experience. Contact zeb@bcit.ca for information.
Date: October 16 – November 27, 2025
Time: Self-paced with 3 three live lectures on October 16, October 30, and November 13 (4 – 6 p.m.)
Location: Online
Cost: $542.24
Learning Units (LUs): 24 Core
Register: Click here