Technical Workshop on “Lifecycle Assessment”

New Delhi, 15th November 2019

A technical workshop on ‘Life Cycle Assessment’ was conducted on November 15, 2019, at TERI, IHC as a prelude to the 11th GRIHA summit. The objective of the workshop was to have a better understanding of Life cycle assessment with respect to sustainable development and its importance in analysing the cost benefits and sustainability quotient of a building/ project/ product.

The workshop focused on the basics of using “Life Cycle Assessment” as a tool for evaluating the payback, its impact and measure how resource intensive a process is.

Key exercises were conducted during the workshop which targeted on live projects using the example of the cement, fabric and building material industry. It also included the usage of relevant codes like IPCC and ISO 14040 for calculating the impact assessment.

The workshop was well-attended by students and professionals from architecture, engineering, and related fields.