Speaker
Shailee Goswami
Saint-Gobain
Key insights and challeneges in developing an India specific LCA framework for decarbonizing building materials?
Description
The speaker highlights that operational emissions dominate a building’s lifetime carbon footprint, while material substitutions can still deliver meaningful reductions. Major challenges include data quality, lack of standardized databases, policy implementation gaps, and the need for better benchmarks. Future progress depends on stronger datasets, material innovation, and broader integration of LCA into industry practices.
Why India-specific LCA framework is required for designing low carbon building and materials?