Gypsum Association's LCA Contributes to Environmental Building Efforts
The Gypsum Association, the industry organization representing gypsum product manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada, is firmly committed to environmental stewardship. Its members have been at the forefront of natural resources preservation, recycling, waste management and responsible land use. Now, the Gypsum Association is developing life-cycle assessment tools to make it easier to be green.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the science of environmental foot printing. LCAs put real numbers on sustainability performance by reporting on impact measures such as global warming potential, embodied energy and potential to create smog over the entire lifetime of a product.