Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings Construction (Case Study: Tehran)
The construction industry, currently, is encountered with several issues such as lack of proper supervision and generating and accumulating a lot of debris. Considering the building as a part of nature and an inanimate creature, it interacts with the natural ecosystem and contributes to the cycle of...
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| author | Mohsen Adaei Khezri Hamidreza Kamalan |
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| description | The construction industry, currently, is encountered with several issues such as lack of proper supervision and generating and accumulating a lot of debris. Considering the building as a part of nature and an inanimate creature, it interacts with the natural ecosystem and contributes to the cycle of life. In this regard, building materials should be selected in coordination with the surrounding environment and impose the least negative impact on the natural environment. The current research has been done to apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach on residential buildings construction and assess the impacts of building material, solely and altogether, on the environment. For this purpose, IMPACT 2002+ method utilizing SimaPro software has been applied to evaluate the processes and materials used for construction of a six-floor concrete structure building in Tehran. The results indicate that among the construction materials, stone production with the single score of 64 and steel production with the single score of 27 have the highest environmental impacts. Besides, a LCA has been done for comparing environmental impacts of the steel structure buildings versus the concrete ones, resulting in an inferior level for steel buildings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ee2cfa0206443ee89874b13bd480a922025-08-20T03:49:56ZengIranian Association for Energy EconomicsEnvironmental Energy and Economic Research2538-49882676-49972021-02-015111210.22097/eeer.2020.235365.1159118640Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings Construction (Case Study: Tehran)Mohsen Adaei Khezri0Hamidreza Kamalan1Pardis Branch, Islamic Azad University, Pardis, IranPardis Branch, Islamic Azad University, Pardis, IranThe construction industry, currently, is encountered with several issues such as lack of proper supervision and generating and accumulating a lot of debris. Considering the building as a part of nature and an inanimate creature, it interacts with the natural ecosystem and contributes to the cycle of life. In this regard, building materials should be selected in coordination with the surrounding environment and impose the least negative impact on the natural environment. The current research has been done to apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach on residential buildings construction and assess the impacts of building material, solely and altogether, on the environment. For this purpose, IMPACT 2002+ method utilizing SimaPro software has been applied to evaluate the processes and materials used for construction of a six-floor concrete structure building in Tehran. The results indicate that among the construction materials, stone production with the single score of 64 and steel production with the single score of 27 have the highest environmental impacts. Besides, a LCA has been done for comparing environmental impacts of the steel structure buildings versus the concrete ones, resulting in an inferior level for steel buildings.https://www.eeer.ir/article_118640_14d2e77077b0c8aeeb0fa3d5c1dc671c.pdflcacarbon footprinthousingsimapro |
| spellingShingle | Mohsen Adaei Khezri Hamidreza Kamalan Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings Construction (Case Study: Tehran) Environmental Energy and Economic Research lca carbon footprint housing simapro |
| title | Life Cycle Assessment of Residential Buildings Construction (Case Study: Tehran) |
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