Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Life-cycle analysis of buildings: envirnonmental impact of building elements |
Publication Type | Books |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Bragança, L., and Mateus, R. |
Editors | iiSBE P. |
Secondary Title | Life-cycle analysis of buildings: envirnonmental impact of building elements. iiSBE Portugal: Guimarães, Portugal. |
Abstract | The proper use of materials, products and construction technologies can significantly contribute to improve the environmental performance of a building’s life-cycle and therefore its sustainability. It is widely recognized that Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) is the best method to assess the environmental impact caused by the construction materials and processes and by the overall life cycle of a construction. Based on this background, this publication aims to contribute for a more comprehensive application of the LCA method to construction, namely buildings. This book covers, in a streamlined approach, the steps for conducting a life-cycle analysis of a building and contains a database with the environmental life-cycle impacts of building materials, building elements, and HVAC and hot water heating equipments. This database can be used to support design teams’ decision-making processes towards the selection of materials and building elements with improved environmental performance. |
Edition | 1 |
Number of Pages | 120 |
Date Published | 2012-09-01 |
Publisher | iiSBE Portugal |
ISBN | 978-989-96543-3-4 |
Keywords | Building sustainability assessment, Building technologies, Environmental database, Life-cycle assessment |
URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/20481 |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | no |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt