LCA PUBLICATIONS BOOK Simonen, K. (2014) Life Cycle Assessment, London, UK: Routledge. A handbook for architects and building industry professionals with technical information and explanation of life cycle assessment methodology, data, and applications for building practice. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415702423/ ARTICLES 2014 Simonen, K. Iterating Structures: Teaching Engineering as Design, Journal of Architectural Engineering, 10.1060/(ASCE).1943-5568.0000152,05014003. Simonen, K. Life Cycle Assessment Challenges and Structural Materials, in Sustainable Structures Symposium, April 17-18, Portland, OR. 2012 Cooper, J., Fava, J., Simonen, K., Boyd, S., Baer, S. (2012). Status of North American Life Cycle Inventory Data, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16(3), 287-289. 2012 Simonen, K., & Haselbach, L. (2012), Environmental Product Declarations for Building Materials and Products: U.S. Policy and market Drivers," International Symposium on Life Cycle Assessment and Construction, July 10-12, Nantes, France. Court, A., Simonen, K, Webster, M., Trusty, W & Morris, P. (2012), "Linking Next-Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Criteria to Environmental Performance," 2012 Structures Congress, March 29-31, Chicago, IL. Simonen, K. Dossick, C. & Pena, R. (2012), "Reaching for Sustainability Using Technology and Teamwork: Testing Integrated Project Delivery in Multi-Disciplinary Studio Teaching." Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 100th Annual Meeting, March 1-4, Boston, MA. 2011 Simonen, K., Moore, E., Cooper, J. & Sianchuk, R. (2011), "Teaching Building Life Cycle Assessment: LCA in Architecture & Engineering Education," Building Technology Educators Society Conference, August 4-7, Toronto, ON. Simonen, K. (2011) "Steel Detailing Practices: Using Global Variation to Envision Innovation," 2011 ASCI/SEI Structures Congress, April 14-16, Las Vegas, NV.
LCA REPORTS 2013 CLF (Simonen, K. primary author), (2013), Product Category Rules (PCR) for Concrete V1.1. ISO peer review completed and published December, 2013 by Carbon Leadership Forum Environmental Product Declaration program. Adopted by National Ready Mixed Concrete Association and ASTM. Accessed January 8, 2014 from http://www.carbonleadershipforum.org/epds-and-pcrs.html. URS Group (Simonen, K. primary author as consultant), (2013), Development of a Manual for Sustainability and Disaster Resistance for Commercial Buildings. Report for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Court, A, Morris, P., Simonen, K., Trusty, W. Webster, M. & Heintz, J. (2013), Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings-Methodology for Assessing Environmental Impacts. Report prepared in consultation to the Applied Technology Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2012 CLF (Simonen, K. primary author), (2012), Product Category Rules (PCR) for ISO 14025 Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) of Concrete. ISO peer review completed and published November 2012 by Carbon Leadership Forum Environmental Product Declaration program. Accessed July 15, 2013 from http://www.carbonleadershipforum.org/carbon_leadership_fourm/pcr.html Simonen, K., Haselbach, L., Oniel, E. & Cooper, J. (2012), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Buildings Research for Washington State. Report delivered to State on September 1, 2012. Accessible at http://courses.washington.edu/lcaforwa/wordpress/. OTHER LCA PUBLICATIONS 2013 Simonen, K. & Kestner, D. (2013) Q7: Embodied Energy vs. Embodied Carbon. Blog posting for the Structural Engineering Institute s Sustainability Committee s Top 10 Structural Sustainability FAQs Answered by LCA. Posted April 2013. Accessed April 17, 2013 from http://structureandsustainability.blogspot.com/2013/04/lca-q7-embodied-energy-vs-embodied.html. 2012 SEI Sustainability Committee (2012) "Uncertainty and Carbon Footprints: Data Quality and Variability". Chapter in Structure and Carbon: How Materials Affect the Climate. White paper written by The Carbon Working Group of the Structural Engineering Institute's Sustainability Committee. Published 2012. Accessed April 17. 2013 from https://sites.google.com/site/seisustainabilitycommittee/working-groups/structure-and-carbon--- how-materials-affect-the-climate. Simonen, K. (2012), "EPDs and PCRs: Developing Environmental Footprint Standards," Structural Engineer Magazine. February 2012.
2011 Simonen, K. (2011), "Carbon Neutral Design, in Burman, I & Gattegno, N. (Ed.) The Solar Decathlon House, CCA, San Francisco. Simonen, K. (2011) Motivating Low-Carbon Construction: Opportunities and Challenges. White paper published by Carbon Leadership Forum. Accessed July 15, 2013 from www.carbonleadershipforum.org. LCA PRESENTATIONS 2014 Can Disclosure Breed Responsibility? The Trials of Transparency, BuilldWell 2014, Sausalito, CA. Life Cycle Assessment Challenges and Structural Materials Sustainable Structures Symposium, April 17, 2014, Portland, OR. Carbon Accounting and the Construction Industry, Skanska Earth Day Speaker, April 22, 2014, Seattle, WA. LCA and Concrete Environmental Product Declarations, Structural Engineers Institute Sustainability Committee: LCA Working Group, February 13, 2014, web meeting. LCA and Concrete: LCA to PCR to EPD, ZGF Architects, February 10, 2014, Seattle, WA. 2013 Transparency & LCA. Presentation to the Washington Aggregate and Concrete Association Winter Workshop, November 14, 2013, Tacoma, WA. LCA Fundamentals. Presentation to the Pacific Northwest Masonry Association Annual Meeting, November 6, 2013. Tukwilla, WA. LCA and Wood. Presentation to the Structural Engineers Association of Washington Sustainability Committee. October, 23, 2013. Seattle, WA. Carbon Leadership Forum-Annual Update. Presentation to industry supporters regarding current and future research with regard to life cycle assessment and building design and construction. September 13. Seattle, WA. Material Transparency and Product Declarations. Presentation on EPDs within a three part series for the San Francisco American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), August 13. San Francisco, CA.
LCA: Data needs and Opportunities. Presentation at the University of Notre Dame Center for Sustainability data Research-Notre Dame Initiative: Sustainable Data Community Forum. July 18, 2013 via web to Chicago, IL. LCA and the Building Code. Presentation to the Seattle Building Department. May 16, 2013, Seattle, WA. Life Cycle Assessment for Buildings. Presentation to Northwest Ecobuilding Guild. March 27, 2013 Seattle WA. ATC-86: Integrating Seismic and Environmental Performance Metrics. Earthquake Engineering research Institute 2013 Annual Meeting. February 15, 2013. Seattle, WA. 2012 Life Cycle Architecture: Quantifying the environmental performance of buildings. Keynote Speech at the 50 th Anniversary meeting of the British Columbia Ready Mixed Concrete Association. October 20, 2012. Whistler, Canada. LCA for WA: Life Cycle Assessment and Buildings Research for Washington State. Presentation to the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the Washington State Code Council. October 15, 2012. Olympia, WA. "Concrete Product Category Rules: The Intersection of Science, Policy and Practice K. Simonen. American Center for Life Cycle Assessment Conference, LCAXII. September 26 th, 2012, Tacoma, WA. Carbon Leadership Forum-Annual Update. Presentation to industry supporters regarding current and future research with regard to life cycle assessment and building design and construction. September 20, 2012. San Francisco, CA. Life Cycle Assessment and Buildings Research for Washington State K. Simonen & L. Haselbach. American Center for Life Cycle Assessment Conference, LCAXII. September 26 th, 2012. Tacoma, WA. "Environmental Product Declarations for Building Materials and Products: U.S. Policy and market Drivers". K. Simonen, L. Haselbach. International Symposium on Life Cycle Assessment and Construction. Nantes, France. July, 2012. Transparency to Specification. Panel participant in industry educational webinar to be presented June 6th and 20th, 2012 by Function http://functionatl.com/knowledge/webinars/transparencyspecification-translating-sustainable-product-claims. "Environmental Product Declarations: U.S. Policy Drivers and Implications for the Concrete Industry" K. Simonen, L. Haselbach. International Concrete Sustainability Conference. Seattle, WA. May 2012. "Concrete Product Category Rules: Technical Details and Industry Implementation"
K. Simonen. International Concrete Sustainability Conference. Seattle, WA. May, 2012. Zero Carbon Buildings: Opportunities and Challenges. Speaker at 2012 Denman Forestry Issues Series. Recorded presentation on May 15, 2012 available online at http://www.sefs.washington.edu/outreach/denman/spr2012/. "Reaching for Sustainability Using Technology and Teamwork: Testing Integrated Project Delivery in Multi-Disciplinary Studio Teaching." K. Simonen, C. Dossick, R. Pena. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 100th Annual Meeting. Boston. March 2012. Concrete Product Category Rules: Technical and Policy Details. Structural Engineers Association of Washington Sustainability Committee. Seattle, WA. February, 2012. Data and Decisions: Can we Quantify Sustainability? UW History Theory Faculty Colloquium. Seattle, WA. February, 2012. 2011 Developpement durable/evaluating the Environmental Footprint of Concrete. ACI Quebec & E. Ontario: Progres dans le domaine du beton. Montreal, Canada. November, 2011. Concrete Carbon Footprints-Developing Rigorous and Applicable Standards. Opening Keynote Speech at the International Concrete Sustainability Conference, Boston, August, 2011. "Teaching Building Life Cycle Assessment: LCA in Architecture & Engineering Education" K. Simonen, E. Moore, J. Cooper, R. Sianchuk. Building Technology Educators Society Conference, Toronto, ON. August 2011. Carbon Leadership Forum-Envisioning Industry-Academic Research Collaboration Research update and sponsor meeting. San Francisco, CA, June, 2011. Life Cycle Assessment in Building Design Process K. Simonen, International Society for Industrial Ecology Conference, Berkeley, CA. June 2011. "Structural Engineers and Carbon Accounting: process, practice and potential" K. Simonen, 2011 Structures Congress, Las Vegas, NV. Poster. April 2011. "Carbon Accounting for Building Structures" K. Simonen, 2011 ACSA Conference, Montreal, CA. Poster. March 2011 2010 The Carbon Leadership Forum: Industry-academic collaboration to advance LCA practice in the building industry K. Simonen, LCAX Conference, Portland, OR. Poster. November 2010. Carbon Leadership Forum-Envisioning Industry-Academic Research Collaboration Presentation to research supporters. San Francisco, CA, June, 2010
WEBSITES LCA for WA: Life Cycle Assessment and Buildings Research for Washington State http://courses.washington.edu/lcaforwa/wordpress/ Research complete and posted 2012 Carbon Leadership Forum www.carbonleadershipforum.org. Published June 2010 updated quarterly. II.E PRESS & WEB REFERENCES Concrete News, Forum revises EPD-underpinning Product Category Rules for Concrete, Concrete Products, Thursday January 16, 2014. http://www.concreteproducts.com/news/8051-forum-revisesepd-underpinning-product-category-rules-for-concrete.html Sustainable Industries, EPDs, what s new, what s now, what s next? A roundable discussion convened by the Carbon Leadership Forum, Sustainable Industries Weekely Digest, October 9, 2013, http://www.sustainableindustries.com/articles/2013/10/epds-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99snew-what%e2%80%99s-now-what%e2%80%99s-next. Henderson, Tom, Researchers make concrete contribution to environment, Daily Journal of Commerce- Oregon, Thursday April 25, 2013. Kelley, Peter, A greener concrete? UW-led coalition seeks to reduce concrete s carbon footprint, UW Today, April 23, 2013. http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/04/23/a-greener-concrete-uw-ledcoalition-seeks-to-reduce-concretes-carbonfootprint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-greener-concrete-uw-led-coalitionseeks-to-reduce-concretes-carbon-footprint Marsh, Don, Forum releases environmental standards for concrete mixes, Concrete Products, December 2012. Vol 115, No 12, pg 15. http://concrete.epubxp.com/i/97019/16 Anderson, Lamar, New Concrete Rules, Snap, The Magazine of Sweets, Vol 1, No. 1, pg 9. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mh/snap_20130203/#/10 Malin, Nadav, Setting Carbon Footprint Rules for Concrete, Environmental Building News, November 1, 2012. Accessed November 12, 2012 from http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2012/10/26/setting-carbon-footprint-rules-for- Concrete/. Wilson, Alex, Malin, Nadav,& Ehrlich, Brent. What you Need to Know about Concrete and Green Building: Reducing Carbon Emissions, Exposure to Heavy Metals, and Water Pollution-While Getting the Best Performance for Your Projects, Published by BuildingGreen Inc as a Special Report, 2012. pp 15-17, K. Simonen quoted and Carbon Leadership Forum Product Category Rule discussed.
Charlson, Andrea, Friedberg, Adam and Yang, Frances, In Pursuit of a Building s Embodied Baseline, Environmental Design and Construction, March 2012 Vol 13, No. 3, p 38-39. Marsh, Don, Comment period opens on standards for measuring environmental footprint of concrete, Concrete Products, News feed posting 20 February 2012. http://www.concreteproducts.com/index.php/news/13030-comment-period-opens-on-standards-formeasuring-environmental-footprint-of-concrete.html. Marsh, Don, EF Equal to 2030 Challenge for Products, Concrete Products, April 2011,Vol 114, No. 4, p.8. Gluck, Robert, "Green Building Leaders Press Industry to Half CO2 of Building Materials: Advocates are challenging the global building sector to cut the carbon footprint of concrete and other products by 30% by 2014 and 50% by 2030," Solve Climate News: http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20110330/green-building-leaders-industry-materials-energyefficiency-concrete. March 31, 2011. (quoted in article and Carbon Leadership Forum identified) O'Donnell, Catherine. "Carbon Leadership Forum will devise standards to limit carbon footprints in building products." UW Today, April 14, 2011 http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/carbon-leadershipforum-provides 2030 Challenge, "2030 Challenge for Products Unveiled, February 14, 2011, Accessed July 15, 2013 from http://www.architecture2030.org/enews/printerfriendly/news_021411.pdf (quoted and referenced in e-news article 2030 Challenge Twitter Posting: Thanks to Kathrina Simonen at the Carbon Leadership Forum: The 2030 Challenge for Products will motivate the development of low-carbon industries and shape development of rigorous and relevant environmental performance standards, February 14, 2011, Accessed July 15, 2013 from http://twitter.com/arch2030/status/37268229596381184