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Ms Jane Anderson

Profile summary

  • Research Student
  • Research Student
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Engineering & Innovation
  • jane.anderson

Professional biography

I’m an expert in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for the construction sector, having been working in this field for over 20 years.  I’m the UK expert on CEN/TC350/WG3, which developed EN 15804:2013, the European Standard for EPD for construction products, and ISO/TC59/SC17/WG3 which developed ISO 21930:2017. I worked at BRE from 1998-2010, co-authoring several editions of the Green Guide to Specification, the BRE Environmental Profiles Methodology and leading the development of the building LCA tool, Envest2, amongst other projects.  I run my own consultancy, ConstructionLCA Ltd specialising in EPD Verification, PCR development, and guidance and advice around LCA and EPD in construction.

Research interests

My PhD research is looking at the impact of using different Building LCA and Embodied Carbon tools on the behaviour of designers in the UK and the Netherlands.  

Impact and engagement

I have advised the Welsh Government on the assessment of embodied carbon for housing and the European Commission on the reduction of embodied impacts of construction materials.  I have written guidance, with the ASBP, on embodied carbon for Welsh Social Housing Providers, described by Lloyd Alter of Treehugger as "one of the most comprehensive guides to embodied carbon that I have seen yet".  

I am a member of the Green Construction Board Resources and Waste Taskgroup, and of the BRE's BREEAM Carbon Technical Working Group.   

External collaborations

UK Expert, CEN TC350 WG3

Coordinator, CEN TC350 WG1 and WG3 Joint Task Group on Data Quality

UK Expert, ISO TC59 SC17 WG3

Board Member, Alliance for Sustainable Building Products

Member, Green Construction Board Waste and Resources Task Group

Member, EcoPlatform

Northern European Lab for Lower Environmental Impacts

IEA Annex 72

Publications

Embodied carbon, embodied energy and renewable energy: a review of Environmental Product Declarations (2022)
Anderson, Jane and Moncaster, Alice
Structures and Buildings (Proceedings of the ICE) ((Accepted Manuscript Online))

Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings, Part 2: are the messages accurate? (2022)
Moncaster, Alice; Malmqvist, Tove; Forman, Tim; Pomponi, Francesco and Anderson, Jane
Buildings and Cities, 3(1) (pp. 334-355)

Embodied carbon of concrete in buildings: Part 1 - analysis of published EPD (2020-06-05)
Anderson, Jane and Moncaster, Alice
Buildings and Cities, 1(1) (pp. 198-217)

A methodology for assessing the environmental benefits of DRAGON technology (2015-08)
Shonfield, Peter; Anderson, Jane and Boyd, Sarah
Geomechanics and Tunnelling: Geomechanik und Tunnelbau, 8(4) (pp. 333-339)

Achieving consistency in life cycle assessment practice within the European construction sector: the role of the EeBGuide InfoHub (2014-11)
Lasvaux, Sébastien; Gantner, Johannes; Wittstock, Bastian; Bazzana, Manuel; Schiopu, Nicoleta; Saunders, Tom; Gazulla, Cristina; Mundy, Jo Ann; Sjöström, Christer; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere; Barrow-Williams, Tim; Braune, Anna; Anderson, Jane; Lenz, Katrin; Takacs, Zsoka; Hans, Julien and Chevalier, Jacques
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 19(11) (pp. 1783-1793)

EeBGuide Guidance Document Part B: Buildings. Operational guidance for life cycle assessment studies of the Energy Efficient Building Initiative (2015)
Gantner, Johannes; Wittstock, Bastian; Lenz, Katrin; Fischer, Matthias; Sedlbauer, Klaus; Anderson, Jane; Saunders, Tom; Gyetvai, Zsoka; Carter, Claire; Braune, Anna; Kreißig, Johannes; Bosdevigie, Boris; Lasvaux, Sébastien; Schiopu, Nicoleta; Bazzana, Manuel; Jayr, Emmanuel; Nibel, Sylviane; Hans, Julien; Chevalier, Jacques; Gazulla, Cristina; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere; Barrow-Williams, Tim; Mundy, Jo-Anne and Sjöström, Christer
ISBN : 978-3-8396-0868-5 | Publisher : Fraunhofer Verlag | Published : Stuttgart

EeBGuide Guidance Document Part A: Products. Operational guidance for Life Cycle Assessment studies of the Energy Efficient Building Initiative (2015)
Gantner, Johannes; Wittstock, Bastian; Lenz, Katrin; Fischer, Matthias; Sedlbauer, Klaus; Anderson, Jane; Saunders, Tom; Gyetvai, Zsoka; Carter, Claire; Braune, Anna; Kreißig, Johannes; Bosdevigie, Boris; Lasvaux, Sébastien; Schiopu, Nicoleta; Bazzana, Manuel; Jayr, Emmanuel; Nibel, Sylviane; Hans, Julien; Chevalier, Jacques; Gazulla, Cristina; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere; Barrow-Williams, Tim; Mundy, Jo-Anne and Sjöström, Christer
ISBN : 9783839608692 | Publisher : Fraunhofer Verlag | Published : Stuttgart

Water Efficiency: the contribution of construction products (2015)
Thornback, Jane; Snowden, Carmen; Anderson, Jane and Foster, Chris
ISBN : 978-1-909415-10-2 | Publisher : Construction Products Association | Published : London

Environmental impact of metals (FB 57) (2013-07-30)
Allbury, K; Abbe, O and Anderson, Jane
ISBN : 978-1-84806-321-1 | Publisher : BRE Electronic Publications

Environmental impact of brick, stone and concrete (2013-07-30)
Allbury, K.; Franklin, E. and Anderson, J.
ISBN : 978-1-84806-320-4 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

Environmental impact of floor finishes: Incorporating the The Green Guide ratings for floor finishes (2011-10-18)
Dutfield, Andrew; Mundy, Joanne and Anderson, Jane
ISBN : 978-1-84806-195-8 | Publisher : BRE Electronic Publications

Environmental impact of insulation (2011-09-01)
Allbury, Kim and Anderson, Jane
ISBN : 978-1-84806-196-5 | Publisher : BRE Electronic Publications

Environmental impact of vertical cladding (2011-09-01)
Doran, Dan and Anderson, Jane
ISBN : 978-1-84806-194-1 | Publisher : BRE Electronic Publications

Carbon footprinting and labelling of construction products (2011-05-17)
Doran, Dan and Anderson, Jane
ISBN : 978-1-84806-190-3 | Publisher : BRE Electronic Publications

LIST (Low Impact Shopfitting Tool) for designing greener shopfitting display equipment (2011-02-23)
Johnson, K.; Lowres, F.; Wells, N.; Anderson, J.; Keane, B.; Hardy, G. and Costa, S.
ISBN : 978-1-84806-170-5 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

Performance and service life in the Environmental Profiles Methodology and Green Guide to Specification (2009-06-24)
Anderson, J.; Clift, M.; Bourke, K. and Lockie, S.
ISBN : 978-1-84806-083-8 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

The Green Guide to Specification (Fourth Edition) (2009-01-30)
Anderson, Jane; Shiers, David and Steele, Kristian
ISBN : 978-1-84806-071-5 | Publisher : Wiley Blackwell | Published : Oxford

Micro-wind turbines in urban environments - an assessment (2007-11-30)
Phillips, Richard; Blackmore, Paul; Anderson, Jane; Clift, Mike; Aguilo-Rullan, Antonio and Pester, Steve
ISBN : 978-1-84806-021-0 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

Green Guide to Composites: an environmental profiling system for composite materials and products (2004-12-13)
Anderson, Jane; Jansz, Antonia; Steele, Kristian; Thistlethwaite, Paul; Bishop, Gordon and Black, Adam
ISBN : 9781860817335 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

Life cycle impacts of timber: A review of the environmental impacts of wood products in construction (2002-10-04)
Anderson, J.; Edwards, S.; Mundy, J. and Bonfield, P.
ISBN : 1-86081-586-3 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

Refurbishment or redevelopment of office buildings? Sustainability comparisons and Sustainability case histories (2002-07-15)
Anderson, Jane and Mills, Kate
ISBN : 1-86081-568-5 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

The Green Guide to Specification: An Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials and Components (Third Edition) (2002-01-08)
Anderson, Jane; Shiers, David and Sinclair, Mike
ISBN : 978-0632059614 | Publisher : Blackwell | Published : Oxford

The Green Guide to Housing Specification (2000-04-01)
Anderson, Jane and Howard, Nigel
ISBN : 1-86081-376-3 | Publisher : BRE | Published : Watford

BRE methodology for environmental profiles of construction materials, components and buildings (1999-06-01)
Howard, Nigel; Edwards, Suzy and Anderson, Jane
ISBN : 1-86081-294-5 | Publisher : BRE Press | Published : Watford

Materials (2017-12-18)
Anderson, Jane; Beavan, Michael; Galeazzi, Francesca; Keeping, Miles; Shiers, David and Steele, Kristian
In: Keeping, Miles and Shiers, David eds. Sustainable Built Environments: Principles and Practice (pp. 145-158)
ISBN : 9780470672358 | Publisher : Wiley | Published : Oxford

Sustainable construction material selection and specification (2017-01-31)
Anderson, Jane
In: Strong, David and Burrows, Victoria eds. A Whole-System Approach to High-Performance Green Buildings (p 44)
ISBN : 978-1-60807-959-9 | Publisher : Artech House

Using standards to maximise the benefit of digitisation of construction product Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to reduce Building Life Cycle Impacts (2022-05-20)
Anderson, Jane and Rønning, Anne
In : 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2021) (8-10 Sep 2021, Gothenburg and online) (pp. 10003-10008)

Using an analysis of concrete and cement EPD: verification, selection, assessment, benchmarking and target setting (2022-03-03)
Anderson, Jane and Moncaster, Alice
In : fib International Conference on Concrete Sustainability (8-10 Sep 2021, Prague/Online) (pp. 20-26)

The Reporting of End of Life and Module D Data and Scenarios in EPD for Building level Life Cycle Assessment (2019)
Anderson, Jane; Roenning, Anne and Moncaster, Alice
In : Sustainable Built Environment D-A-CH Conference 2019 (SBE19 Graz) 11–14 September 2019, Graz, Austria (11-14 Sep 2019, Graz, Austria)

A Manufacturing Sector's Experience of integrating EPD alongside product, management system and responsible sourcing certification for public procurement (2017)
Brankley, Lee; Tugrul, Ayhan; Anderson, Jane and Knight, David
In : LCM 2017: 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (4-7 Sep 2017, Luxembourg)

Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis Data in Construction Materials Certifications - A Case Study from the Steel Industry (2017)
Brankley, Lee; Tugrul, Ayhan; Knight, David and Anderson, Jane
In : EFRS - 6th International Iron & Steel Symposium (25-26 May 2017, Izmir, Turkey)

Developing a lca-based tool for infrastructure projects (2009)
Ghumra, Shamir; Watkins, Miles; Phillips, Paul; Glass, Jacqui; Frost, Matthew W and Anderson, Jane
In : 25th Annual ARCOM Conference (7-9 Sep 2009, Nottingham) (pp. 1003-1010)

Inter-comparison and benchmarking of LCA-based environmental assessment and design tools (2004)
Peuportier, Bruno; Kellenberger, Daniel; Anink, David; Mötzl, Hildegund; Anderson, Jane; Vares, Sirje; Chevalier, Jacques and König, Holger
In : SB04 Warsaw: Regional Central and Eastern European Conference on Sustainable Building (27-29 Oct 2004, Warsaw, Poland)

Whole Building LCA With WLC: A New Commercial Software Development For Product Specification In The UK (2002)
Edwards, S. and Anderson, J.
In : 9th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (17-20 Mar 2002, Brisbane, Australia)

Environmental profiles of construction materials, components and buildings for the UK (2000)
Anderson, Jane; Edwards, Suzy; Kapoor, Prashant and Dickie, Ian
In : International Symposium on Integrated Life-Cycle Design of Materials and Structures (22-24 May 2000, Helsinki) (pp. 308-312)

Studies of Daylight Factor: Improving Daylight Factor by the use of Net Curtains (1998)
Anderson, Jane and Thompson, Michael
In : Eurosun 1998 (14-17 Sep 1998, Portorož, Slovenia)