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Lower-Carbon Building: Materials, Methods and What Clients Ask For

Clients are starting to ask about carbon. Learn where it sits in a house, which lower-carbon choices hold up, and how to answer honestly without overclaiming.

  • Sustainability
  • Phone-friendly, progress saves as you go
  • Assessed — unlimited attempts
  • PDF certificate on completion

Buy this course · $49.00 or save with a points pack

You'll learn: Identify where the embodied carbon in a house sits, choose lower-carbon materials and methods without compromising durability or compliance, and answer client questions without making misleading environmental claims.

  • NSW: 3 points (Sustainability)

What’s inside

  1. About this course
  2. carbon is now a question clients ask
  3. Embodied and operational carbon in plain terms
  4. Where the carbon is in a house
  5. Reading a carbon number: EPDs and their limits
  6. Concrete: the biggest lever, handled carefully
  7. Steel, aluminium and glass
  8. Timber and engineered timber
  9. Durability is a carbon strategy
  10. Waste and over-ordering: carbon you pay for twice
  11. Prefabrication and off-site methods
  12. The operational side: building what BASIX commits to
  13. Answering client questions honestly
  14. Misleading environmental claims and the Australian Consumer Law

Plus 4 knowledge checks, 2 site scenarios, 1 drag-and-drop task and an assessment at the end.

Reviewed by a NSW building practitioner.

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Disclaimer

The information provided in this course has been prepared using best endeavours to ensure that it is accurate, current and relevant at the time of publication. However, building legislation, regulations, standards, codes, policies and their interpretation may change over time and, in some circumstances, may be subject to interpretation or vary depending on the specific circumstances of a project.

The information provided is intended as general educational guidance only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for project-specific professional advice or verification.

Builders, contractors and other industry professionals are encouraged to independently verify the applicable requirements for each project, including the relevant legislation, regulations, standards, approvals and authority requirements, having regard to the specific site, building, construction method and circumstances.

PointCPD makes no representation or guarantee that the information provided will be applicable to every project or circumstance and recommends that participants seek appropriate professional or regulatory advice where clarification is required.