Life cycle assessment enables the identification of a broad
range of potential environmental impacts occurring across the
entire life of a product, from its design through to its eventual
disposal or reuse. The need for life cycle assessment to inform
environmental design within the built environment is critical, due
to the complex range of materials and processes required to
construct and manage our buildings and infrastructure systems.
After outlining the framework for life cycle assessment, this
book uses a range of case studies to demonstrate the innovative
input-output-based hybrid approach for compiling a life cycle
inventory. This approach enables a comprehensive analysis of a
broad range of resource requirements and environmental outputs so
that the potential environmental impacts of a building or
infrastructure system can be ascertained. These case studies cover
a range of elements that are part of the built environment,
including a residential building, a commercial office building and
a wind turbine, as well as individual building components such as a
residential-scale photovoltaic system.
Comprehensively introducing and demonstrating the uses and
benefits of life cycle assessment for built environment projects,
this book will show you how to assess the environmental performance
of your clients' projects, to compare design options across their
entire life and to identify opportunities for improving
environmental performance.
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