2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.12.002
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Life cycle assessment of building materials: Comparative analysis of energy and environmental impacts and evaluation of the eco-efficiency improvement potential

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“…That same greatness is observed in the environmental loads that arise from the building industry, extensively documented by authors like Bribrián, Capilla and Usón (2011).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…That same greatness is observed in the environmental loads that arise from the building industry, extensively documented by authors like Bribrián, Capilla and Usón (2011).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…From the total building materials emissions (75%), 28% are due to insulation and sealing components, it should be noticed that the impact of conventional insulation materials, as baseline building with a high level of industrial processing-such as EPS-is clearly higher than the impact of natural materials such as cork, wood fiber and sheep's wool, or recycled ones such as cellulose fiber [43]. So, while EPS insulation or polyurethane produces emissions on average 3.5 kg CO 2 -e/kg with high consumptions of fossil fuels, some insulation materials such as sheep's wool, could reduce its impact up to 98%.…”
Section: Carbon Footprint Of Buildings Materialsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several studies have shown that HWPs use less energy, and therefore they have a lower carbon footprint than other building materials such as steel and concrete (Sutton 2003;Zabalza Bribián et al 2011), which makes wood products an interesting option in the mitigation efforts against climate change, especially in the construction and energy sectors (Lucon et al 2014). In addition, forest industry manufacturing is a divergent production system, with a large array of coproducts (Gaudreault et al 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%