{"id":1867,"date":"2014-09-27T03:23:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T03:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:58:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:58:47","slug":"update-gbca-specialised-training-on-life-cycle-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/2014\/09\/27\/update-gbca-specialised-training-on-life-cycle-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: GBCA Specialised Training on Life Cycle Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the circular economy expands, our industry will need to understand how to work with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The level of interest in life cycle thinking and LCA specifically has picked up significantly in Australia. A significant milestone was reached when LCA was integrated into Green Star rating tools with the introduction of the \u2018Materials Life Cycle Impact\u2019 Innovation Challenge and two LCA-based draft credits.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">The Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) are committed to providing the skills training and support needed to drive the next evolution of sustainability. To this end, the GBCA have partnered with Edge Environment to provide <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gbca.org.au\/courses.asp?eventID=32914\">specialised training on life cycle assessment<\/a> (2 CPD points)<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">. The first of the series was delivered at the GBCA in Sydney on Thursday 25 September. The half day training session was attended by 25+ participants ranging from building product manufacturers, developers, construction companies, designers, facility managers, government and ESD consultants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Edge&#8217;s presenters on the day, Jonas Bengtsson and Jacqui Bonnitcha, report back:<strong> &#8220;It was clear from the wide range of case studies presented and the dialogue and engagement on the day that industry has moved beyond keeping a watching brief on LCA to now applying it as a practical tool to drive change and innovation&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The introduction module is also offered as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbca.org.au\/events.asp?eventID=32932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webinar<\/a> on Monday the 29th of September if you missed the face to face delivery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">The next face to face training session will be held on the 3rd of November: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbca.org.au\/courses.asp?eventid=32915&amp;source=course-event-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LCA Course: Product Transparency and Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/GBCA-courses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3539\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/GBCA-courses.jpg\" alt=\"GBCA courses\" width=\"644\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the circular economy expands, our industry will need to understand how to work with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). 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