Green Building Calculator – bespoke
Options
Not Bespoke but options:
- GBC Green Building Calculator is available as XLSX format file
- If you need XLS please contact GBC
- If you need other file formats please contact GBC
Your options
Bespoke versions can be made including:
- Corporate Identity, layouts and logos
- Carried out by GBC for users
- Maintaining calculator integrity
Bespoke Versions
Bespoke Modules can be developed:
Historic Building Window Intervention Calculator
- At STBA and SPAB 2020 Conference GBC suggested a bespoke module to compare window improvement cost and carbon analysis
This was developed as a mock up of a spreadsheet by brainstorming the possible solutions and placing a gut-instinct value in the cells.
- The plan would be to replace the + and – with calculated numbers
- This has been recreated in GBC awaiting future development
Retrofit Options Appraisal
- STBA has commissioned the development of the Historic Fabric Bespoke Calculator
- This bespoke development is underway with the support of Historic Environment Scotland
- GBC and STBA presented it in the Retrofit Arena at Futurebuild 2022
- It includes a Survey worksheet, for dimensional information and descriptive data
- There are cells with drop down lists to choose from to control the cell content to ensure results
- Retrofit Bespoke datasets have been collected from bespoke research publications and added
- Building types from English and scottish housing conditions surveys and created as look-up tables
- Risk factors have been developed by STBA and included as part of the reporting to users function
- It will be developed as an on-line tool on an STBA website
- The GBC B2 Version with GBC B6 Project developments will become GRC V1
- Energy Pathfinder Conference (Event) C#1496
GBC Retrofit
- GBC has reserved Stand F9 at Regen 2nd-3rd November 2022 St George’s Hall Liverpool
- We plan to launch new Green Retrofit Calculator V1
GIRC Insurance Repairs
- Bespoke to one company to populate their existing software
- GRC hopes to have its own version included in GRC
GIC Interiors
GGC Glazing
GSC Screeding
GLC Landscape
Infrastructure Calculator Module
- A recent GBC CPD for Women in Sustainable Rail, CIOB and a University lecture were opportunities to talk about Infrastructure Embodied Carbon, PAS 2080, ICE V3, CEEQUAL and Carbon counting of materials and transport of heavy materials, etc.
- Inevitably showing Green Building Calculator reveals the early Infrastructure components waiting to be developed and implemented in a later version.
- GBC shows how users can do their own calculations, get ahead of the curve or help GBC bring this module forward for early completion.
- See GBC CPD Carbon Counting Calculators (CPD) (Event)
- GBC CPD Seminar C#983
- GBC at University Learning C#964
Peer-Previewed LCA and EPD generator?
- In the event that a manufacturer has one primary ingredient that gets mixed to a number of products recipes with subtle performance differences, mixed in many locations with locally specific ingredients.
- The permutations would make doing an LCA and EPD for every mix time consuming (a problem for this product group) and costly.
- I wonder if there is a possibility to develop a method of generating LCA and EPD in a semi-automatic way that can be Peer-Previewed as a system to generate EPD rather than a Peer Reviewed EPD?
- I could envisage a MS Excel template spreadsheet including look up tables of readymade recipes, readymade ingredients, ready made travel distances; and drop down lists corresponding to the look up table items.
- Then the manufacturer could open MS Excel Template to create a new LCA/EPD file and then choose the recipe specifics from the drop down menus, which auto-populate the LCA spreadsheet cells and auto-carryout the LCA calculation and auto-feed it into a MS Excel Template EPD?
- The pieces of information needed would be the recipe and location specific, the choice of local ingredients and the unique recipe specification.
- The output would have the advantage of being a Peer-Previewed EPD and could be issued almost immediately after the specification and sent with the specification to the customers, mixing plant and site.
Challenge the LCA EPD Status Quo
- I suspect this would be unique and may challenge the LCA EPD world and they may even want to object to its development, or object to its Peer-Previewing in principle.
- I could imagine this being useful in many walks of life
- I think we need to challenge the status quo and see if this can be done.
- It will make a very interesting Case Study and may push the boundaries of what is permissible in the LCA and EPD arena.
- It may require some BS EN ISO standards to be updated.
- It will probably be a useful marketing platform to get some mileage out of for all parties.
Developer Version
- An unlocked version for user development can be available under an NDA.
- There will be no hidden pages: all cells will be accessible to interrogate the calculations
- It allows users to customise, manipulate and develop unique versions for their organisation
- With GBE guidance in order to maintain calculator integrity
- GBE will encourage user developers to share there unique parts for consideration for the core product
- GBE will establish and maintain a stakeholder group to steer the development of GBC
- A BIM App is on our agenda at Version 15 unless users want it sooner
- We will have conversations early to avoid end of cul-de-sac issues
International Versions
If the world is watching and would like to join in:
- £ conversion to Euro or other currencies
- Regrettably we left EU (sort of, almost entirely),
- Metric to Imperial
- USA is asking for feet and inches, etc.
- We asked USA to find somebody to do the conversion for us
- U (UK) and R (EU) values
- Both already exist in ‘Elements’
- Local/Regional/National/Europe/International ‘Product’ datasets
- A worksheet is available to submit other products, accessories and systems to enhance GBC
- Free upgrade to current or next version as a reward
- National Regulations or Local Green Building Council Targets
- A worksheet is available to submit other regulations or standards to enhance GBC
- Free upgrade to current or next version as a reward
- Regional LCA Datasets
- A worksheet will be available to submit other LCA datasets to enhance GBC
- Free upgrade to current or next version as a reward
Bespoke C#71 End.
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8th June 2020 – 21st March 2024