Part 1: Product category rules (PCRs) – What, why and how?
Join us as we explore how this once mostly academic community and under-funded technology vertical is now challenged with figuring out how to rapidly and credibly scale to meet the demand for education, resources and solutions.
Not that long ago these acronyms were only recognizable to a very few practitioners in a niche industry. Now that decarbonization has practically become a household word, there may only be a few people left in the global building & construction industry that haven't heard something about how these tools are powering big changes in the way things are getting funded, designed and built.
Join us for this crash session to learn about:
- Purpose of a PCR and why now it's critical they all get created the same way
- What and who is a program operator
- PCR creation process, who's involved, how it works
- ACLCA PCR Open Standard, what it is, how it's used
- PCR committee and member responsibilities (how much work is it really); who should participate
- EPA's draft Criteria for PCRs to Support the Label Program for Low Embodied Carbon Construction Materials
- Sustainable Minds technical program to create ACLCA conformant PCRs even faster and (yes) less expensively
- PCR component tour: the rules for how the LCA is done and what's included in the EPD
- Pros & cons of creating EPDs using ISO 21930 as the core PCR vs. creating a product-group specific PCR
- How PCR projects get funded
Get ready for Q&A!
Who should attend?
- MFRs who have created, or will be creating, EPDs
- Industry organization leadership considering creating PCRs
- LCA practitioners
- Providers of PCR, LCA and EPD verification services
- Design & construction industry professionals
