AMY GUTTMAN HALL HARDI SHAH

We can see from the initial introduction slides with text extracted from the building’s architect’s website, the environmental effects of the building were a large part of the design process. Reducing the global warming potential of the building was a focus for the design team. However, the social component of the life cycle analysis is something that was not considered to the fullest extent. This is largely due to the limited availabilities of information for the wide array of building materials that are typically incorporated during construction.

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Structures Foundations

In this report, the Social LCA was conducted for Amy Guttman Hall’s structural scope. We were limited to the structural materials for which we were able to access a database and obtain International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Global Slavery Index (GSI) scores. Using BHoM as a tool, we calculated the masses of each material used in the structural scope and used it to calculate the GSI and ITUC scores for each material.