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ATHENA Assembly Evaluation Tool

Category: Service | Tier: Professional - Built

Submitted by: Wayne Trusty
Kutztown, PA—The ATHENA Institute

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is one tool for determining the environmental impacts of various building materials through all phases of its life, from extraction through use and disposal. The ATHENA software tool adopts LCA methodology to measure the climate-changing potential and other environmental impacts of more than 400 common building assemblies. A generic version will be made available, free of charge, to the entire sustainable construction community.

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ATHENA Assembly Evaluation Tool

 

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