Structural Material Waste

Great question, @ewborchers. Agree this is important to consider as part of the ‘A5’ phase of LCA. This may be somewhat dependent on structural detailing and vary project by project, but there is some guidance for this published with the IStructE, “How to measure embodied carbon” document.

https://www.istructe.org/resources/guidance/how-to-calculate-embodied-carbon/

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