Materials life cycle assessment of a living building

Gardner, Haley M.; Garcia, J.P.; Hasik, Vaclav; Olinzock, Maureen; Banawi, Abdulaziz; Bilec, Melissa M.

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2019.01.021

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“…Najjar et al [20] studied the performance of building materials using a BIM-LCA approach. Gardner et al [38] conducted a material LCA in a building comparing the impacts of each stage of the construction process. Röck et al [39] used a BIM-LCA-integrated approach to compare building elements contribution to the total embodied environmental impact.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

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The construction industry is one of the most significant consumers of environmental resources worldwide. Faced with the need to produce new buildings, but without further burdening the environment, attempts to improve social, economic, and environmental indicators have turned attention to building construction in recent decades. The objective of this research is to develop a novel framework to assess the most sustainable choice of materials applied to the construction of low-income buildings, according to the three pillars of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL). A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-based model was proposed with the creation of nine different scenarios, where the materials of the structure (precast concrete, cast-in-place concrete, and structural masonry), painting (PVA water-based and acrylic), and roofing (ceramic and fiber cement tiles) varied. The proposed procedure consists of the elaboration of a 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) model, for which the parameters described above were evaluated according to the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)-TBL-based criteria, divided into ten sub-criteria, that includes: (1) environmental (acidification, eutrophication, global warming, ozone depletion, smog formation, primary energy, non-renewable energy, and mass total), (2) economic (construction cost) and (3) socio-political issues (community impact). Finally, the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as a multi-criteria decision-making technique that helps in aggregating and classifying the impacts of each scenario in a sustainability index (SI). Regarding the best option for low-income construction, the results indicated that precast concrete when combined with acrylic paint and fiber cement tiles (scenario 3) proved to be the most advantageous and achieved first place in the sustainability index (SI) developed in this work. This methodology is replicable for different construction typologies and several categories of materials, making it a robust decision-aiding tool for engineers, architects, and decision makers.

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Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

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“…Companies should change the thought related to how they work with sustainability management, they focus on the use phase, and they need to start thinking globally, it will help increase the structure performance. Gardner et al (2019) discuss this issue as follows: "Now that the design of specifically low-energy buildings is abundant, it is time to expand…”

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Construction and Real Estate Sustainability Management: Costa Rican Prospects 2016–2021

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Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management

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Population growth has increased climate impact and it is one of the reasons for the conception of sustainable management. Sustainability management has become an integral part of the business environment and decision-making processes. It is important to mention that construction sectors represent one of the main polluters. This article introduces the path for Costa Rica in the last five years in terms of development and the increasing number of companies with green building certification. Interviewing the professionals with vast experience in the sustainable sector is the tool used to compile the current situation of Costa Rica and the journey through this path as a pioneer in Latin America and the Caribbean. The study explores the situation lived by the companies in Costa Rica to set their projects according to the regulations established by the authorities in the sustainable management field and examines the position of the governmental authorities as a barrier or a facilitator. Therefore, this article aims to contribute to the discussion about the status of sustainability management in Costa Rica in the last five years as the scope of the investigation.

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“…Herein, previous studies on building LCAs are reviewed and examined to obtain a rational building LCA method. Gardner et al, (2019) conducted an LCA of the Frick Environmental Center based on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a United States environmental friendliness certification system. Ben-Alon et al, (2019) determined the input material quantities of a cob earthen construction based on the International Standardization Organization (ISO) 14040 series and assessed its environmental impact by conducting an LCA [15,16].…”

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“…Gardner et al, (2019) conducted an LCA of the Frick Environmental Center based on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a United States environmental friendliness certification system. Ben-Alon et al, (2019) determined the input material quantities of a cob earthen construction based on the International Standardization Organization (ISO) 14040 series and assessed its environmental impact by conducting an LCA [15,16]. Adalberth et al, (2001) performed an LCA for four residential buildings, while Junnila and Horvath (2003) and Kofoworola and Gheewala (2008) assessed office buildings [17][18][19].…”

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Life-Cycle Assessment of Apartment Buildings Based on Standard Quantities of Building Materials Using Probabilistic Analysis Technique

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Given the increasingly serious nature of environmental problems, many countries have recently declared carbon neutrality policies and expended efforts to implement them. The domestic building industry aims to reduce its environmental impact using life-cycle assessments (LCAs) of buildings according to the Green Standard for Energy and Environmental Design. However, it is difficult to perform efficient LCAs because the required quantity takeoff process is complex, and the quantity takeoff sheet may not exist during the building’s design phase. In this study, 21 building LCAs were used to simplify and improve the efficiency of the proposed method and enable building LCAs even when there was no quantity takeoff sheet. Furthermore, a standard quantity database of building materials was constructed based on the analysis of the input quantities of building materials per unit area, and the apartment buildings LCA method was proposed using this database. The input quantities of building materials were analyzed using the probabilistic analysis technique. The probability distribution was derived using Monte Carlo simulations, and the goodness-of-fit was verified. Finally, the reliability of the proposed building LCA method was verified using a case study.

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Materials life cycle assessment of a living building

Cited by 13 publications

References 13 publications

Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

Construction and Real Estate Sustainability Management: Costa Rican Prospects 2016–2021

Life-Cycle Assessment of Apartment Buildings Based on Standard Quantities of Building Materials Using Probabilistic Analysis Technique

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