Choosing the Right Electricity Mix for Your EPD
Default, national and site-specific electricity mixes in the GCCA EPD Tool, and how market-based and location-based results work under PCR 2019:14.
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A5 and B1 for Ready-Mixed Concrete: What to Do When You Don't Know the Final Use
How the GCCA EPD Tool handles construction (A5) and carbonation in use (B1) for ready-mixed concrete when site data and final use are unknown.
Getting Your EPD Verified with the GCCA EPD Tool
How pre-verification and the simplified verification report work for EPDs made with the GCCA EPD Tool, and what your verifier still checks.
Recarbonation at Project Level: Using BIM for Concrete's CO₂ Uptake
Why concrete recarbonation should move from generic EPD defaults to project-level calculation in BIM, and what designers, producers and PCR bodies can do.
Resilient Built Environment: Design and Construction
How buildings, cities and infrastructure can be designed to withstand extreme weather without increasing their lifecycle environmental impact.
Procurement to Accelerate Sustainable Buildings and Construction
How whole-life procurement, at project and product level, can drive demand for low-carbon, resilient buildings and construction materials.
Circularity, Concrete and Construction
How closing, slowing and narrowing material loops across the concrete lifecycle can reduce material demand in the built environment.
GCCA EPD Tool Version 6 is now live
Discover Version 6 of the GCCA EPD Tool, featuring a new openLCA engine, updated industry data, regional configurations and new EPD modelling capabilities.
Recarbonation of Concrete: From EPDs to Whole-Life Carbon Accounting
How concrete recarbonation is accounted for in EPDs under EN 15804 and EN 16757, how the GCCA EPD Tool Version 6 models it, and the case for BIM.
GCCA Global Low Carbon Ratings for Concrete and Cement
The GCCA Global Low Carbon Ratings rate cement and concrete from AA to F by embodied carbon, supporting transparent reporting and low-carbon procurement.
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