Mark your calendars for AIAU’s Embodied Carbon 101 Series, presented by the AIACNY Committee on the Environment, happening alternating Thursdays. Come learn about what it means for your projects and how to get to zero carbon. This 12-part series is a $300 value for members and a $480 value for non-members—all for free! Availability is limited, so reserve your place now!

This Session: MEP SYSTEMS

Though mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems feature heavily in conversations about operational energy, they are an often-overlooked element in the embodied carbon conversation. Learn how MEP contributes to a project’s overall embodied carbon, including the impacts of systems of different scales and complexity, as well as the effects of MEP replacement cycles.

Learning objectives

• Identify which mechanical, engineering, and plumbing (MEP) systems components contribute to embodied carbon and how.

• Assess the embodied carbon impacts of MEP systems relative to the embodied carbon impacts of other building systems and components in a building.

• Analyze the embodied carbon impacts of MEP systems across varying build scales, complexities, and types.

• Integrate replacement cycles and associated embodied carbon for MEP systems as part of the life cycle assessment for a building.

More Information

What: AIAU Embodied Carbon 101 Series

Dates: Dec. 15 and every other Thursday, excluding last week of December

Time: Noon

Format: Virtual

CEU: 1 LU/HSW per session

Any questions, contact Diana Elliott at diana.elliott@live.com.