Embodied Carbon 101: MEP
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Description
Though mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems feature heavily in conversations about operational energy, they are an often-overlooked element in the embodied carbon conversation. Learn how MEP contributes to a project’s overall embodied carbon, including the impacts of systems of different scales and complexity, as well as the effects of MEP replacement cycles.
Course expires 11/14/2026
Learning Objectives
Identify which mechanical, engineering, and plumbing (MEP) systems components contribute to embodied carbon and how.
Assess the embodied carbon impacts of MEP systems relative to the embodied carbon impacts of other building systems and components in a building.
Analyze the embodied carbon impacts of MEP systems across varying build scales, complexities, and types.
Integrate replacement cycles and associated embodied carbon for MEP systems as part of the life cycle assessment for a building.