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Embodied Carbon
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Embodied Carbon

Embodied Carbon

5 Formal CPD Points
On Demand

This course has been developed to help Australian architects navigate their way through the myriad of information already available around embodied carbon and identify pathways forward so they can do what they do best – apply their systems thinking and design skills to solving the massive shift needed in buildings of the future.

Informal CPD with the same content but without the formal assessment component is being offered to members, affiliates and other interested designers free of charge. - you can access the free informal CPD version of this course here

 

Overview

This course has been developed to help Australian architects navigate their way through the myriad of information already available around embodied carbon and identify pathways forward so they can do what they do best – apply their systems thinking and design skills to solving the massive shift needed in buildings of the future.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course participants should be able to create the capacity to embed the consideration of embodied carbon into your practice and
team and embrace the potential for improved outcomes, with the ability to:

  • Understand the fundamentals of embodied carbon - explain the distinction between energy savings, energy use, carbon emissions and embodied carbon across a building's life.
  • Understand the issues, current limitations and future trends of embodied carbon, data, and whole of life building optimisation
  •  Know how to access the tools that can support the technical and design practice understanding and application of embodied carbon strategies - NABERS, Green Star, LCA, EPD
  • Be able to integrate the potential of addressing the issues of embodied carbon in practice
  • Skills to be able to use design strategies to minimise the whole of life carbon impact of a project and consider regenerative and circular materials.


 

NSCA 2021 Performance Criteria

This course will deliver outcomes related to the following Competencies from the 2021 National Standard of Competency for Architects:

Practice Management and Professional Conduct
PC1 - Comply with the regulatory requirements and obligations pertaining to practice as an architect, including legislation, professional codes of conduct, obligations for continuing professional development and professional indemnity insurance.  
PC10 - Demonstrate understanding of the whole life carbon implications of procurement methods, materials, components and construction systems.
PC12 - Provide independent, culturally responsive and objective advice in accordance with relevant building codes, standards, technical specifications and guidelines, and planning regulations, including climate change implications, across all aspects of architectural practice

Project Initiation and Conceptual Design
PC18 - Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, research, emergent knowledge and critical evaluation in formulating and refining concept design options, including the exploration of three dimensional form and spatial quality.
PC24 - Be able to prepare and analyse project development options in response to a project brief – its objectives, budget, user intent and built purpose, risk and timeframes, including environmental sustainability considerations.
PC31 - Be able to identify, analyse and integrate information relevant to environmental sustainability – such as energy and water consumption, resources depletion, waste, embodied carbon and carbon emissions – over the lifecycle of a project.
PC33 -Be able to investigate, coordinate and integrate sustainable environmental systems – including water, thermal, lighting and acoustics – in response to consultants’ advice.
PC35 - Be able to assess operational and embodied carbon implications of materials, components, construction systems and supply chains (including transport) to achieve net zero whole life carbon when developing design concepts. This includes integrating relevant consultant expertise and advising on the impact of chosen materials, components and systems on carbon outcomes. 

Detailed Design and Construction Documentation
PC39 - Be able to integrate the material selection, structural and construction systems established in the conceptual design into the detailed design and documentation.
PC45 - Be able to nominate and integrate quality and performance standards with regard to selected materials, finishes, fittings, components and systems, considering the impact on Country and the environment, and the whole life carbon impact of the project. This includes integrating life cycle assessments and other expertise and advice from consultants.



Speaker

CAROLINE PIDCOCK
Director, Pidcock Pty Ltd

Caroline Pidcock is passionate about the importance of architecture, biophilia and regenerative design, and how they can contribute to a “culturally rich, socially just and ecologically restorative” future. 

Her practice – PIDCOCK – has been inspired by the possibilities of creating beautiful places that demonstrate how the many issues that are fundamental to sustainability can be potent and profound influences. Her genuine interest and experience in sustainable built environments has been developed and enhanced through her involvement in a diverse range of professional, academic and community commitments.

2018 saw Caroline transitioning her practice (after 26 years) to another way of working, so that she can focus on how to strategically accelerate the uptake of regenerative ideas.

In addition to her own practice, other roles Caroline currently enjoys include being Spokesperson for Australian Architects Declare a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency; Chair of 1 Million Women; member of the Beyond Zero Emissions Advisory Committee; Member of the AIA Climate Action and Sustainability Taskgroup; Chair of the AIA Environment Design Guide Advisory Group; member of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority Design Review Panel, Liverpool Design Excellence Panel and Northern Beaches Design + Sustainability Panel. She is also teaching at a range of universities in NSW and a member of Sacred Heart Education Ministry Board.

Her previous roles as Chair of the Carriageworks and LFIA Boards; President of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council; President of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in NSW and National Councillor; Industry Representative on the Australian Building Codes Board; Member of the South Australian Forest Industry Advisory Board, NSW Architects Registration Board, Greening Australia NSW, and Bicycle NSW Board; and adjunct professor/lecturer at a range of universities in NSW, exposed her to many government, business, academic and community arenas.

In 2021, Caroline was jointly awarded the National AIA 2021 Leadership in Sustainability Award and in 2019 the AIA NSW President’s Award. In 2014, Caroline was recognised by the International Living Future Institute as a Living Building Hero and in 2011 was awarded the Marian Mahony Griffin Award in recognition of her contribution to architecture in NSW. In 2009, Caroline was awarded a Byera Hadley Scholarship to study “The Architecture of (Net) Zero Emissions Housing”..
  

Speaker

DOMINIQUE HES
Zero Carbon Buildings Lead CoM & Chair of Greenfleet

Dominique is Chair of the board of Greenfleet, regenerative development thinker, educator, author and researcher. On the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Committee. 
Previously founding board member of the Living Futures Institute of Australia, with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education and building industries in the fields of sustainability, regenerative development, systems thinking, environmental issues, placemaking Industrial ecology, LCA, Eco-Design and project management. Degrees in science, engineering and a Phd in architecture. Author and editor of 6 books and over 100 papers and reports..
  

Price 

FORMAL CPD
Members: $249
Non-Members: $374
  
  
 

What Do I Do Next?

1.     You will receive an automated registration email upon purchase. Follow the link in this email to take you to the course material on our online CPD platform.
2. You may have to click the green "log in via members site"  button to log into the online CPD platform. (Please do not input your credentials into the CPD site. Instead, to log in hit the “log in via members site” green button). You may be redirected to our members portal to log in with your credentials there.
3. Accept the T&Cs if it is your first time on the online platform, and hit “my dashboard” to find your purchased course.
4. Undertake your course at your own pace.
5. Once you have completed all the course material, you will be prompted to complete your assessment and feedback, after which your formal CPD certificate will be made available

 
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