RAIC Launches Life Cycle Assessment Training Workshops

Assessing embodied carbon impacts throughout a building’s life cycle is a necessary step in a shift towards regenerative and lower carbon design. The Canadian built environment is the third-highest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is an urgent and critical need to accelerate the knowledge, skills and competencies of professionals who design Canada’s buildings.

To address this need, the RAIC is partnering with the National Research Council of Canada in a one-year rapid-deployment project to train members of the Canadian architectural community through a high quality, hands-on case study-based Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) curriculum.

Whole building LCA provides an estimate of the total GHG emissions associated with a building. This includes emissions due to operations and those associated with the extraction, manufacturing, transport, installation, replacement, and the end of service life for products and materials used in a building, which constitute a significant proportion of a building’s whole life carbon emissions.

The RAIC is proud to collaborate with Ha/f Climate Design to organize the in-person training workshops, on LCA sessions for practicing industry professionals. Following a theory-based lecture on LCA, embodied carbon, and related methodologies, participants will engage in a hands-on workshop, learning the basics of how to perform an assessment in a small group. The workshops will be held between September 2024 and May 2025in various locations across Canada including Ottawa, Toronto, Saint Andrews, Winnipeg, Regina, Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax and Montreal. An online option will also be available.

This workshop, hosted by the RAIC and available to the larger community, is designed for architectural professionals (licensed architects, interns, technologists, students, etc.) who want to learn about Life Cycle Assessment and how to reduce embodied carbon in real-life projects.

Participants will leave the session with knowledge of definitions, methods, targets and standards as well as having the opportunity to practice with LCA software to implement into practice.

Contact: Giovanna Boniface, Chief Commercial Officer, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Email: communications@raic.org, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Learn more and register today

Workshop Locations

Ottawa, Ontario

When: September 20, 2024 | 8:45am- 5:00PM

Where: Infinity Convention Centre | 2901 Gibford Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1V 2L9

Language: Workshop delivered in English. Live French interpretation will be available.

Register now! – Registration: Closed

 

Toronto, Ontario

When: October 3, 2024 | 8:45am – 5:00PM

Where: Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel | 901 Dixon Rd., Toronto, ON, M9W 1J5

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now! – Registration Deadline: Sept 25

 

St. Andrews, New Brunswick

When: October 8, 2024 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: The Algonquin Resort | 184 Adolphus Street, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 1T7

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now!Registration Deadline: Sept 27

 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

When: October 16, 2024 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: Four Points Winnipeg South| 2925 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2H5

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now! Registration Deadline: Oct 6

 

Vancouver, British Columbia

When: February 3, 2025 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: TBA

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now! Registration Deadline: TBA

 

Calgary, Alberta

When: February 6, 2025 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: TBA

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now! Registration Deadline: TBA

 

Regina, Saskatchewan

When: February 7, 2025 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: Hotel Saskatchewan | 2125 Victoria Ave., Regina, SK, S4P 0S3

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now!Registration Deadline: Oct 4

 

Halifax, Nova Scotia

When: May 22, 2025 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: TBA

Language: Workshop delivered in English.

Register now! Registration Deadline: TBA

 

Montreal, Quebec

When: May 31, 2025 | 8:45am – 5:00pm

Where: Hotel Bonaventure | 900 DE LA GAUCHETIÈRE WEST, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, H5A 1E4

Language: Workshop delivered in English. Live French interpretation will be available.

Register now! Registration Deadline: TBA