CERAMIC TILE’S ROLE IN REDUCING CARBON AND BUILDING GREEN - 1 LU/HSW

PRESENTED BY: IMI

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Ceramic tile is widely known as a sustainable and healthy material, but based on what criteria? Join us as we discuss how the North American ceramic tile industry measures embodied carbon from cradle to grave and reports its impact via industry-wide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and the product category rules supporting them. This process creates greater transparency than other floor finishes. We’ll also look at how the environmental impact of tile, setting materials, and grout are measured against objective criteria in the Green Squared® sustainability standard, and the new Material Ingredient Guide published by Tile Council of North America (TCNA). Walk away better able to quantify tile’s contribution to reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment, drawing on   resource material from ANSI, UL, AIA, the Carbon Leadership Forum, the Healthy Building Network, and other organizations.
Learning Objectives:

• Identify the role of embodied carbon in building materials, how it’s measured, and strategies to reduce carbon emissions by optimizing selection of building materials based on environmental product declarations (EPDs).

• Discuss the difference between “cradle-to-gate” and “cradle-to-grave” life cycle analyses (LCAs), including product category rules (PCR) for reporting impacts of flooring materials across a building’s life.

• Explain the concepts in ANSI 138.1 Green Squared ® sustainability standard and the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Material Ingredient Guide and how these tools contribute to the transparency of reporting the environmental impact of ceramic tile.

• Compare tile to other floor finishes in the context of LCA reporting, embodied carbon, material ingredients, and other health related criteria.