Tuesday, October 21, 2014

October news roundup

Time again for our monthly news and events roundup, links from around the web.

Conferences and Seminars
ASCE International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, Nov 6-8
http://content.asce.org/conferences/icsi2014/index.html
Note the new focus of this conference: "This conference is not about how to be sustainable. If it were, we would tell you not to waste your time. Instead, and more appropriately, this conference is about how to deal with the consequences of non-sustainability, that is, how to plan, design and construct infrastructure for a new and increasingly harsh operating environment."



WoodWorks National Symposium: Toward Taller Wood Buildings in Chicago Nov 6-7.


WEBINAR – Bullitt Center: Meeting the Living Building Challenge by Brian Court of Miller Hull. November 19, 12-1pm

Environmental Declarations
Lefarge Canada goes one step beyond an Environmental Product Declaration and creates a Environmental Building Declaration for their new research facility.
http://www.athenasmi.org/news-item/lafarge-canada-publishes-building-declaration-for-new-research-facility/

Concrete EPDs: The NRMCA recently released two important reports on industry averages:
http://www.nrmca.org/sustainability/EPDProgram/Downloads/NRMCA%20EPD%2010.08.2014.pdf
http://www.nrmca.org/sustainability/EPDProgram/Downloads/NRMCA_Benchmark_Report_-_October_14_2014_web.pdf

Architecture 2030's release on the NRMCA study above, including an overview of embodied carbon, LCAs,
http://www.architecture2030.org/enews/news_101614.html