Material specifications owned and managed by organisations require lengthy and costly deviation processes for new materials that don’t meet their restrictive and/or prescriptive requirements, preventing the uptake of low embodied carbon (LEC) materials.

This MECLA group’s mission was to develop case studies where LEC materials were implemented, outline how the ‘deviation’ process was involved, and how industry can learn from this to accelerate the uptake of LEC materials.

The MECLA group identified interesting challenges and obstacles for both clients and the supply side which is worth tuning into. The group present three case studies and discuss their findings on the deviation processes, challenges and learnings in this 90-minute, online session.

You can now access the full resource on the MECLA website.

Speakers include:

• Yanni Papadopoulos, Capital Asset Advisor at Jones Lang LaSalle
• Dan Leong Scott, Principal Civil Engineer at Sydney Water
• Jean Davis, Sustainability Manager at Sydney Water
• Jonathan Chew, Technical Leader – Clients & Markets, Laing O’Rourke
• CJ Wilson, ANZ Sustainability Strategist, Robert Bird Group