2018
DOI: 10.18225/lalca.v2iespec.4350
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Relevance of including capital goods in the life cycle assessment of construction products

Abstract: The development of representative Life Cycle Inventories (LCI) is fundamental to enable the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a decision tool. Capital goods, such as buildings and machinery (infrastructure), are particularly difficult to determine and are therefore commonly based on rough estimates, even in international databases. The aim of this work is to explore the effects of considering capital goods on the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) results of six construction products: sand, gravel… Show more

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“…It is worth noting that some authors opt to exclude infrastructure from the analysis because of challenges in obtaining accurate inventory data from builders or manufacturers. They argue that, given the long useful lives of many structural components, their contribution to environmental impact may not be as significant compared to other inputs [178].…”
Section: Greenhouse Structurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is worth noting that some authors opt to exclude infrastructure from the analysis because of challenges in obtaining accurate inventory data from builders or manufacturers. They argue that, given the long useful lives of many structural components, their contribution to environmental impact may not be as significant compared to other inputs [178].…”
Section: Greenhouse Structurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is due to the same process location. Emission related to the energy produced while the manufacturing of the massive types of equipment and goods that were not included in the LCA modeling process was used widely in the study [35,36]. A first-order decay model calculated the production estimate of methane and carbon dioxide on the material fraction elemental composition of waste and associated decay rates.…”
Section: Goal and Scope Definitionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the middle of 1978 and 1984, different models viz., Janata Biogas Plant and the Deenbandhu Digester were well known. Around 45 lakhs of locally designed homegrown biogas plants with 36.85% of the assessed potential were introduced with the help of the Government of India until 2013. The MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) has financed three showing projects at Vijayawada (6 MW), Hyderabad (6.6 MW), and Lucknow (5 MW).…”
Section: Bio-methanationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The production and maintenance processes of buses and civil infrastructure were not analyzed, as these processes do not have high participation in the impacts during the bus lifespan (up to a maximum of 14 years) [22]. Moreover, in the absence of locally collected data, the inclusion of capital goods may increase outcome uncertainties [23]. Impacts related to fuel for the use phase include production, transportation, and consumption/use impacts (combustion during operation).…”
Section: System Boundaries and Period Of Studymentioning
confidence: 99%