b'FROM THE PRESIDENTNet-Zero, Circular Economy& Cradle to GraveSay What?!IFYOUHAVEBEENliving under atothinkgreenandconsideringGWP Ed Whalen, P.Eng. rockforthelastyear,youwillbeshockedimpacts for future projects and within President & CEO, CISC tohearthattheenvironmentand,morethe scope of the code.specifically,greenhousegasemissionsisSo how does steel as a material rank frontandcentre.FormostgovernmentsonGWP?Asitturnsout,prettydarn and for the millennials and post-millennials,good! Although there are all sorts of reducing carbon and other greenhouse gasesclaimsfromothermaterials,itturns is priority number one. For some industriesoutthatsteelisasgoodorbetter andsomegovernments,deflectionandwhenlookingthroughaCradleto avoidance seems to be the course of action. Gravelens.Therearegenerallytwo Here in Canada, and with respect totypesofwaystheworldhasbeen the construction industry, we have twolookingatmaterialsfromalifecycle major greenhouse gas initiatives fromanalysis(LCA)perspective:Cradleto the Federal Government: carbon taxesGateandCradletoGrave.Cradleto (todrivebehaviour)andchangestoGate is an analysis from the extraction the National Building Code to includeof materials to the factory gate; Cradle a net-zero energy ready model. Theto Grave includes Cradle to Gate but goalofthenet-zeroenergyreadyalso incorporates the construction and modelistoconstructabuildingthatenduseand/orend-of-lifeimpacts. willconsumeonlyasmuchenergySince the true long-term GWP impact asitproduces.AlthoughthismainlyontheworldisCradletoGrave(and affectstheelectricalandmechanicalnotjustaportion),thisisthereason trades,therewillalsobecodeandwhytherestoftheworldispushing government requirements to constructbeyond Cradle to Gate and opting for newbuildingswithmaterialscreatingreuse and the circular economy model. thelowestglobalwarmingpotentialThecirculareconomymodelisthe (GWP). ideal state. It is an economy where we CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION In other parts of the world, Net-Zerocontinuously reuse. This would reduce CHAIRMANis old news and the circular economyoreliminatetheneedtomakenew Todd Collister isthenewbuzzphrase.Whereproducts. Whats old is new again. The MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Charlebois, CISC recycling was king, reuse becomes thedays of a fridge lasting 20-25 years, or AdvantageSteelandtheFrench- goal. Global ISO standards are now inlonger, may be coming back perhaps language edition Avantage Acier aredevelopment for construction materialonly if we stop making them in China published by the Canadian Institute ofSteelConstruction(CISC)onreuse with the knowledge that the moreandoutofplastic-butyougetthe behalf of its members and associates.wereuse,thelessnewproductsweidea.Plannedobsolescencewillbe CISCisnotresponsibleforthe opinions expressed in this publicationneed to make, and thereby less impactgone and all industries will be pushed by those contributing articles. on global warming - in theory anyways.to have their products last longer and Connect with us:Iamstartingtoseethisdiscussionbe reusable.Tel: (905) 604-3231take place in North America, albeit atInarecentstudy,Quantifying info@cisc-icca.ca cisc-icca.ca lower frequency. EnvironmentalImpactsofStructural @CISC_ICCA IfyoufolksinthebridgesideofMaterialChoicesUsingLifeCyclelinkedin.com/company/ciscicca things think you will escape the GWPAssessment:ACaseStudyby facebook.com/389982921529947 bandwagon, think again. Just becauseMagnussonKlemencicAssociates youescapedtheLEEDprogram,you(seetheCISCwebsiteforthestudy), @cisc_iccawontescapeGWP.Transportationtheyfoundthattherewasasurprise Ministries across Canada are beginningin the outcomes of their own analysis 6|WINTER 2020 ADVANTAGE STEEL'