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CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials (Project) G#546 N#566

By 8 February 2015August 2nd, 2019Information

CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials Project

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CAP’EM Objectives:

  • To develop a shared methodology for the life cycle analysis of the environmental and health impacts of construction materials and products.
  • To evaluate 100 building products and other materials according to this new methodology and enable users to classify them according to multiple criteria.
  • To increase the use and knowledge of eco-materials in North-West Europe by engaging with the building industry.
  • To demonstrate the use of eco-materials in new build and renovation contexts, via a network of exhibition centres.

CAP’EM Goal:

  • To promote eco-materials and to provide the construction industry with simple and practical tools to support their adoption.

CAP’EM Partners:

  • The partner organisations come from Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

CAP’EM in GBE Website:

  • There are links or references to CAP’EM in over 200 (of 1540) pages of this website

CAP’EM after Interreg funded: CAPEM:

  • We liked working with each other so plan to continue
  • We will establish a European Legal Entity
  • We have submitted a proposal for LIFE funding Build4LIFE project to promote CAPEM Compass
  • We will seek opportunities to expand and share the content of CAPEM Compass
  • We will establish CAPEM as an EPD Programme or become part of EcoPlatform

CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials
Index:

CAP’EM Inputs/Outputs

WP0 Bid Preparation

  • CAP’EM Funder: Interreg IVB NW Europe
  • See Sponsors, Clients and Collaborators
  • CAP’EM Partners & Match Funders table See Middle Column Fig. 6
  • CAP’EM Scope of Proposal, Budget, Programme, Partners,
  • CAP’EM Revised scope
  • CAP’EM Management Structure
  • CAP’EM Working Groups
  • CAP’EM Partners
  • CAP’EM Map

WP1 LCA Life Cycle Assessment

A01 Benchmark

  •  CAP’EM Definitions

A02 Methodology

  • CAP’EM Technical Partners
  • CAP’EM Method 1 2014/07/14 (£0.00)
  • CAP’EM Confidentiality Agreement with Manufacturer

A03 Software Specification

  • CAP’EM GUI Brief
  • CAP’EM GUI Specification
  • CAP’EM Tenders (minus tender prices)
  • CAP’EM Tender evaluation

A04 Material Selection

  • CAP’EM Products Long List schedule from which to choose 30
  • CAP’EM PQQ Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to help filter out manufacturers early
  • CAP’EM Short List 30 products to be assessed to test method

A05 Software testing

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A06 Method testing

WP2 Product Data

A07 Product Selection

  • CAP’EM Product List Final: some dropped out and others stepped in
  • CAP’EM COMPASS: Manufacturer and Product List

A08 Products Data Collection

  • CAP’EM Product Data Collection Sheet: for collection only
  • CAP’EM Product Data Sheet Template: for product data dissemination
  • CAP’EM Product Database: for holding information online
  • CAP’EM Generic materials: shortlist
  • CAP’EM Labels: Product Accreditation, Endorsement, Accolade & Lables Table
  • CAP’EM DropDownLists:

A09 LCA Data Processing

  • CAP’EM Products LCAs 100 products (results only)
  • CAP’EM Generic materials 150 (regionalised data)

A10 Classification and GUI

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  • CAP’EM Compass is an online tool for comparing building products on their environmental performances.
  • CAP’EM Compass is based on Life Cycle Analysis results of the CAPEM project.

It enables the user to:

  • Find the construction products based on their applications
  • Find the construction products based on the user’s preferences
  • Compare them mutually and to conventional products
  • Filter the products based on the user’s location
  • Calculate the delivery to site footprint and show the results on the graph for better and easier understanding of the users.
Useful Documents:
  • CAP’EM Method
  • Compass User’s Manual
  • Materials Manufacturers List
  • WIKI Compass
  • FAQ Frequently Asked Questions PDF

Promotion:

A11 Market Approach

WP3 Communications

  • A12-A15 Communications Strategy
  • CAP’EM Targets v Outputs
  • CAP’EM brochure:
    • English – French – Dutch – German
  • CAP’EM Box
  • CAP’EM Box Labels
  • CAP’EM Mock-ups
  • CAP’EM Events
  • CAP’EM Exhibition Displays
  • CAP’EM Exhibitions
  • CAP’EM Exhibition Brochure
  • Exhibition Website
  • CAP’EM Pop-up Banners
  • CAP’EM Film (not happening)
  • CAP’EM Videos
  • CAP’EM Build4BLOG
    • Subscribe
  • CAP’EM News
  • CAP’EM Newsletters Previous Sign-up
    • (4 language options)
    • No. 7 JULY 2014
    • JANUARY 2014
    • No. 4 MARCH – 2013
    • OCTOBER – 2012
    • JANUARY – 2012

WP4 Investments

CAP’EM+10% Extension 

WP5 LCA to End of life Method for EPD Environmental Product Declaration

WP6 Establishing an EPD Programme Operator

  • A06 Establish a Programme Operator Organisation Structure
  • A07 GPI General Programme Instruction
  • A08 PCRs Product Category Rules
  • A09 EPD Environmental Product Declaration

Envireo

Interreg IVb Strategic Initiative Cluster.

  • Interreg IVb 50% fund numerous projects including CAP’EM, Future Cities, C2CN,
  • Interreg have set up relationships between projects of related activity as Strategic Initiative Cluster.
  • ENVIREO is the “Strategic Initiative Cluster dedicated to mainstream sustainable building practices across North West Europe”
  • The four INTERREG IVb projects in Envireo are:

Envireo Outputs

© GBE NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan *
8th February 2013 – 2nd August 2019

CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials
Images:

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Fig. 1 EU Flag

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Fig. 2 Interreg IV B logo

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Fig. 3 CAP’EM Logo

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Fig. 4 CAP’EM COMPASS Logo

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Fig. 5 CAP’EM Partners and Match co-Funders Logos

ICDuBO Holland Exhibition Poster EU Green Labels

CAP’EM, GreenSpec, natureplus, IBO, etc.

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Fig. 7 Poster at Exhibition

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Fig. 8 NGS CPD

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Fig. 9 Presentation to JTS in the UK by BSK-CIC

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Fig. 10 Presentation to JTS in the UK by BrianSpecMan

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Fig. 11 CAP’EM Visit to JTS Office 2013

CAPEM EcoBuild 2010 png Display

Fig. 12 EcoBuild 2010 Exhibition display

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© GBE NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan *
8th February 2013 – 2nd August 2019

CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-Impacts of Materials
See Also:

GBE Blog News Awards

GBE Jargon Buster

  • CAP’EM
  • EC
  • EPD
  • GUI
  • LCA
  • PCR
  • PEF
  • Envireo
  • European Commission (EC)
  • Graphic User Interface (GUI)
  • Living Green
  • Product Category Rules (PCR)
  • Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
  • Regain
  • SUSStations

GBE CPD

  • BRE Green Guide to Specification
  • ‘BRE Green’ v ‘GBE Green’
  • GBE PASS Product Accessory System Screening (not LCA)
  • Green Material Olympics (2008) @ E5Expo
  • CAPEM Project Ambitions (2009) @ Future Cities
  • GBE Critique of BRE GreenGuide @ Burdens Delivering Sustainability (see also GBE Projects)
  • LCA: SimaPro7 (2010) @ LSBU Architecture Students Part 2 Year 1
  • LCA: Pros and Cons (2010) @ LSBU Architecture Students Part 2 Year 1
  • LCA: Jargon Buster
  • CAP’EM GUI (2011) @ [avniR]
  • LCA: Diagrams (2012) for BRE RH
  • Green Materials Olympics (2012) for ASBP @ Cullinan Studios
  • LCA: What is it? (2012) @ TGR BiteSize CPD
  • CAP’EM GUI (2012) @ AECB East
  • CAP’EM COMPASS Building Product COMPArison SyStem (2013) @natureplus GENT
  • Architects Don’t Need LCA (2013) @ VIBE Gent Belgium
    • ‘Designers and Specifiers going about their normal duties do not need LCA if they filtered out the bad stuff by judging ingredients, product and their application first’
  • CAP’EM Presentation to JTS at Build4 UK
    • An update on CAPEM Compass and Biobased materials
  • Creating Healthy Buildings @ IEMA, ____, WSCP Leeds 2014 & London 2014
  • CAPEM Compass (2014) @ [avniR]

CAP’EM Tools

CAP’EM Project Outputs:

  • CAP’EM Jargon Buster Excel file Worksheet 1. CAP’EM Glossary
  • CAP’EM LCA Definitions Excel file Worksheet 2. LCA definitions
  • CAP’EM Set of Definitions Word Doc
  • CAP’EM GUI Graphic User Interface to Database
  • CAP’EM Compass Building Product COMPArison SyStem

GBE Video

  • CAP’EM Building Product Comparison System @ [avniR] November 2011 LCA Convention Lille by BrianSpecMan
  • 28th March 2013 CAP’EM Conference Rotterdam
  • 25th April 2013 Impressions Conference at HANappr.
    • 175 visitors (including 60 first year students from the building institute) and 20 companies presenting their products (ecological and biobased materials in combination with energy saving/passif house).
    • To give an impression of the event, people from the HAN has made a short youtube item.
    • Fred van der Burgh & Han van Drunen and Sissy Verspeek
  • Zo Kan Het OOk: Biobased Economy (Dutch with English translation)
  • ACORP water tower
  • CAP’EM’s Huddersfield Station water tower Acorp office conversion 3rd award
  • kirkleeslocaltv.com/index.php/vide….

GBE Projects

GBE Links

GBE Collaboration Services

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CAP’EM Collaborate Services

  • CAP’EM Product Data Sheet
  • CAP’EM Compass Adding products to the Database (reliant upon having LCA)
  • CAP’EM Marketing
  • CAP’EM EPD and LCA scoring the environmental impact of materials and products
  • CAP’EM Detox using LCA data and Marginal Analysis to help manufacturers improve their products

© GBE NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan *
20th January 2013 – 2nd August 2019

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