CPD Training - Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (6) Building Carbon Footprint Assessment
CPD Training | 4 Feb 2023
CPD Training - Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (6) Building Carbon Footprint Assessment
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Event：
CPD Training - Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (6) Building Carbon Footprint Assessment
Date：
4 & 11 February 2023 (Saturdays)
Time：
9:00am - 12:30pm (Registration starts at 8:45am)
Training Format：
Webinar
CPD Entitlement：
6 CPD hours in total
Language：
Talk by Dr Shauhrat S. CHOPRA – English; Talk by Ir Emily WONG on BEAM Plus – Cantonese
Enquiry
3994-8890
Organised by Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and co-organised by BEAM Society Limited (BSL), Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (6) Building Carbon Footprint Assessment is designed for graduates in employment or experienced practitioners in the industry who are interested in in-depth knowledge of building carbon footprint assessment. The course details are as follows.
Date: 4 Feb & 11 Feb 2023 (Saturdays)
Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm (Registration starts at 8:45am)
Training Format: Zoom
Language: Talk by Dr Shauhrat S. CHOPRA – English; Talk by Ir Emily WONG on BEAM Plus – Cantonese
6 CPD hours for BEAM Pro / BEAM Affiliate
6 CPD hours for BEAM Pro / BEAM Affiliate
Fee:
| BEAM Pro / BEAM Affiliate / BSL Members |
HK$430 |
| HKGBC Members | HK$430 |
| BSL / HKGBC Non-Members | HK$650 |
Online Registration:
| BEAM Pro / BEAM Affiliate |
Register Here |
| BSL Members who are NOT BEAM Pro / BEAM Affiliate | Register Here |
| HKGBC Members |
Register Here |
| BSL / HKGBC Non-Members |
Register Here |
The two half-day lectures totalling 6 hours will cover the following topics:
- General background about the carbon footprint of buildings
- Methodology for carbon footprint assessment, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Sources of carbon in the building life cycle, embodied and operational carbon
- Carbon foot-printing schemes, carbon emission assessment standards such as PAS 2050, PAS 2080, The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, BS EN 15804 and ISO 14067
- Joint EMSD/EPD Carbon Audit Guidelines, meanings of Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions, as well as direct and indirect emissions
- Basic equation for estimating emissions, concepts of Emission Factors (EF), location-based method and market-based method, Global Warming Potential (GWP) of materials
- Carbon Audit Reporting, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
- Distribution of carbon emissions throughout the various stages in the building lifecycle
- Case studies of carbon footprint studies, carbon intensity (kg CO2/m2/year) of residential vs non-residential buildings
- Roles of advanced technologies such as BIM and Blockchain, integration with LCA models
- How to reduce carbon in buildings, principles of best practices
- BEAM Plus credits related to the above
Trainers:
Dr Shauhrat S. CHOPRA
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Ir Emily WONG
Manager - Project Assessment
BEAM Society Limited
For enquiries, please contact Ms Chloe SHIU at 3994-8890 or email [email protected].
