b'PROCUREMENTPhoto of roof ridge against blue sky. Un fate de toit sur fond de ciel bleu. (Credit: National Research Council of Canada.) (Crdit : Conseil national de recherches du Canada.)carbon structural and non-structural materials. Were workingdonnes pour les calculateurs de btiments. Lobjectif est with them to access the life-cycle inventory data and puttingdaider lindustriemieux grer et entretenir les btiments it into a data set for use in whole-building calculators. Our faible empreinte carbone, avec des outils dcisionnels expectation is that this will help the industry to enhance theiroptimisspourlaconception,lapprovisionnement, low-carbon operation and maintenance of their buildings andlexploitation et la fin de vie. to use improved decision support tools for optimizing carbon Lensembledusecteurdoitrflchirauxmeilleurs usage in design, procurement, operation and end-of-life. systmes dapprovisionnement pour ce type de projet, Thewholeecosystemneedstobeturningitsmindsouligne M. Jeffery. Quels sont ces types de systmes towhatarethebestprocurementsystemsforthiskindofdapprovisionnement ? Sont-ils conus pour la fabrication work, explains Jeffery. Is it designed for manufacturing andet linstallation ? Et comment pouvons-nous y intgrer un installation? What are these kinds of procurement systems andvolet carbone ? Toutes ces questions mritent rflexion. how can we ensure that those procurement systems have aPourM.Gover,lindustriedescouverturesvolue carbon element to them? constamment. Elle cherchecrer des produits innovants Gover sees the roofing industry as continually and constantlypour rduire les missions et les dchets, prolonger la innovating and seeking to develop new construction productsdure de vie et la rsistance des matriaux, et diminuer and practices to reduce carbon emissions and waste, increaselescotsetlesdlaisdeconstruction. AuCNRC, service life and resilience, and reduce costs and constructiondit-il, nous collaborons pour aider lindustrievalider et time. At the NRC, were collaborating to help the industrydmontrer les performances,laborer des guides et des validateanddemonstrateperformance,developguidesfornormes nationales,affiner les devis de construction, design and decision making, develop construction specificationsetseprparerauxchangementspotentielsdans and national standards, and to support potential changes tolescodesdeconstruction. M.Goversouligneque construction codes, he says. The knowledge and tools beinglesconnaissancesetoutilsdveloppspermettront developed[byall]willresultinincreasedopportunitiestodaccrotrelesopportunitsdeproduire,spcifieret produce, specify and use sustainable roofing solutions, helpingutiliser des solutions de couverture durables, contribuant the roofing sector contribute to the decarbonization of Canadasainsiladcarbonisationdusecteurdubtiment. building sector. The idea is to do it with an accelerated pace Le but est dacclrer ce processus et de ltendreand an expanded scale. grande chelle. Given that many CRCA members engage in bidding andLAssociationcanadiennedesentrepreneursen working on federal government projects, CRCA will be at thecouverture jouera un rle crucial pour tenir lindustrie de la forefront of ensuring the roofing industry remains current. Thecouverture informe, notamment parce que de nombreux federal government is developing the next EPD and life-cyclemembres participentdes appels doffres et travaillent assessmentoperationalplan,setforimplementationinthesurdesprojetsfdraux.Legouvernementfdral roofing sector. The operational plan will be similar to the low- prpare dailleurs un nouveau plan oprationnel ax sur la carbon and EPD initiatives previously developed for the wood,dclaration environnementale de produit et lvaluation du concreteandsteelindustries.CRCA,incollaborationwithcycle de vie pour ce secteur, sinspirant des initiatives dj theCRCAAssociatesandNational TechnicalCommittees,en place pour le bois, le bton et lacier. LACEC, avec ses willleadeffortsintheimplementationofEPDsinthepartenairesetcomitstechniquesnationaux,intgrera roofing sector. ces effortslindustrie de la couverture. 26 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2024'