Life cycle assessment of a wooden single-family house in Sweden

Petrović, Bojana; Zhang, Xingxing; Eriksson, Ola; Wallhagen, Marita

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.05.056

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“…Also, the relative short lifetime of PV panels in comparison with both their environmental payback and the lifetime of the building makes the installation of such a system counterproductive. As Petrovic et al [28] noted the production stages of the PV panels contribute more to GWP than the potential environmental benefits from them. Scenarios 7 and 8 can be seen from an interesting perspective.…”

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Environmental Payback of Renovation Strategies in a Northern Climate—the Impact of Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels in the Electricity Supply

2019

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The aim of this study is to assess how the use of fossil and nuclear power in different renovation scenarios affects the environmental impacts of a multi-family dwelling in Sweden, and how changes in the electricity production with different energy carriers affect the environmental impact. In line with the Paris Agreement, the European Union has set an agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by means of energy efficiency in buildings. It is estimated that by the year 2050, 80% of Europe’s population will be living in buildings that already exist. This means it is important for the European Union to renovate buildings to improve energy efficiency. In this study, eight renovation scenarios, using six different Northern European electricity mixes, were analyzed using the standard of the European Committee for Standardization for life cycle assessment of buildings. This study covers all life cycle steps from cradle to grave. The renovation scenarios include combinations of photovoltaics, geothermal heat pumps, heat recovery ventilation, and improvement of the building envelope. The results show that while in some electricity mixes a reduction in the global warming potential can be achieved, it can be at the expense of an increase in radioactive waste production, and, in mixes with a high share of fossil fuels, the global warming potential of the scenarios increases with time, compared with that of the original building. It also shows that in most electricity mixes, scenarios that reduce the active heat demand of the building end up in reducing both the global warming potential and radioactive waste, making them less sensitive to changes in the energy system.

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Environmental Payback of Renovation Strategies in a Northern Climate—the Impact of Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels in the Electricity Supply

2019

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“…The construction phase of the public housing in this study included the building material production process, the transportation process and the construction and installation process. Petrovic et al [48] recently evaluated a house in Sweden. The construction phase included both the material production process and the transportation process.…”

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“…Therefore, at this stage, it is infeasible to evaluate all LCA indexes in the integrated model. In this regard, we analyzed some building LCA cases, building materials LCA cases and some related studies and found that the indexes related to greenhouse gases, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, photochemical oxidants, and resource consumption were concerned in the construction field [48][49][50][51]. Considering the limitations of actual conditions, at present, the selection of LCA indexes in the integrated model would focus on the environmental impact brought by the above substances.…”

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The Impact Assessment of Campus Buildings Based on a Life Cycle Assessment–Life Cycle Cost Integrated Model

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The development of higher education has led to an increasing demand for campus buildings. To promote the sustainable development of campus buildings, this paper combines social willingness-to-pay (WTP) with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) based on the characteristics of Chinese campus buildings to establish a life cycle assessment–life cycle cost (LCA–LCC) integrated model. Based on this model, this paper analyses the teaching building at a university in North China. The results show that the environmental impacts and economic costs are largest in the operation phase of the life cycle, mainly because of the use of electric energy. The environmental impacts and economic costs during the construction phase mainly come from the building material production process (BMPP); in this process, steel is the main source. Throughout the life cycle, abiotic depletion-fossil fuel potential (ADP fossil) and global warming potential (GWP) are the most prominent indexes. Further analysis shows that these two indexes should be the emphases of similar building assessments in the near future. Finally, this study offers suggestions for the proposed buildings and existing buildings based on the prominent problems found in the case study, with the aim to provide reference for the design, construction, and operation management of similar buildings.

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“…A citizen who owns a land-plot for a single-family home can live in that environment for the rest of his life, and future generations often inherit it. Consequently, landplot selection is no less important than the materials and constructions of the future house (Ortiz et al, 2016), energy use (Kaoula & Bouchair, 2020), environmental impact (Motuzienė et al, 2016;Petrovic et al, 2019). Before starting the building of a house, a land-plot is selected/ purchased: in the city, on the border of the city or outside the city.…”

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The Residence Plot Selection Model for Family House in Vilnius by Neutrosophic Waspas Method

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International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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Good quality dwelling and the environment are related to the values of citizens’ existence. It can be highlighted as important questions in creating a sustainable living environment. The research and analysis carried out so far include global planning of the plot of a particular country or city according to economic aspects. Meanwhile, our model, which covers the key social aspects of choosing a residential house, will fill this gap. We propose an original problem formulated which includes the planning of the plot of a particular city according to economic, environmental and social aspects. Our work aims to investigate the criteria for the selection of single-family houses and to develop a theoretical evaluation model based on decision-making methods. The presented study deals with the problem of selecting a one-family house plot using the Weighted Aggregate Sum Product Assessment Methods (WASPAS) and the Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis Method (SWARA). During the research, parameters related to plot selection were evaluated: infrastructure, distance, cost, privacy, security and aesthetic view.

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Life cycle assessment of a wooden single-family house in Sweden

Cited by 68 publications

References 36 publications

Environmental Payback of Renovation Strategies in a Northern Climate—the Impact of Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels in the Electricity Supply

Environmental Payback of Renovation Strategies in a Northern Climate—the Impact of Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels in the Electricity Supply

The Impact Assessment of Campus Buildings Based on a Life Cycle Assessment–Life Cycle Cost Integrated Model

The Residence Plot Selection Model for Family House in Vilnius by Neutrosophic Waspas Method

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