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Toward a national life cycle assessment tool: Generative design for early decision support
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-5066
Highlights Review and analysis of parametric LCA methods at the early design stage. Egyptian building code requirements, focusing on energy efficiency, construction methods, and residential building materials. Configuring a method for implementing an LCA aligned with Egyptian constraints. A suggested framework of a national LCA prototype tool that uses generative design for early design decision support for residential building exterior walls in Egypt.
Abstract The life cycle assessment (LCA) has proven to be a reliable methodology for achieving sustainable development. The number of studies and attempts of integration at the building design stage is increasing. This study is aimed at developing a framework for a national LCA tool that considers Egyptian constraints and strikes a balance between embodied and operational impacts to serve as a decision-support tool for early design. This is achieved by first reviewing and analyzing LCA integration methods during the early design stages, emphasizing parametric methods. Second, studying the situation of LCA and energy efficiency in Egypt through publications, building codes, and residential building construction specifications. As a result of these steps, a suggested implementation method based on the generative design was developed as a tool framework that mainly focuses on residential building exterior walls as the first step of the national LCA tool to aid the design process and promote sustainable development. In addition to being the first initiative for a national LCA tool, the novelty of this work is the method of integration compared to other parametric LCA, which aims at optimizing both embodied and operational impact with respect to the Egyptian conditions while offering multiple solutions.
Toward a national life cycle assessment tool: Generative design for early decision support
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-5066
Highlights Review and analysis of parametric LCA methods at the early design stage. Egyptian building code requirements, focusing on energy efficiency, construction methods, and residential building materials. Configuring a method for implementing an LCA aligned with Egyptian constraints. A suggested framework of a national LCA prototype tool that uses generative design for early design decision support for residential building exterior walls in Egypt.
Abstract The life cycle assessment (LCA) has proven to be a reliable methodology for achieving sustainable development. The number of studies and attempts of integration at the building design stage is increasing. This study is aimed at developing a framework for a national LCA tool that considers Egyptian constraints and strikes a balance between embodied and operational impacts to serve as a decision-support tool for early design. This is achieved by first reviewing and analyzing LCA integration methods during the early design stages, emphasizing parametric methods. Second, studying the situation of LCA and energy efficiency in Egypt through publications, building codes, and residential building construction specifications. As a result of these steps, a suggested implementation method based on the generative design was developed as a tool framework that mainly focuses on residential building exterior walls as the first step of the national LCA tool to aid the design process and promote sustainable development. In addition to being the first initiative for a national LCA tool, the novelty of this work is the method of integration compared to other parametric LCA, which aims at optimizing both embodied and operational impact with respect to the Egyptian conditions while offering multiple solutions.
Toward a national life cycle assessment tool: Generative design for early decision support
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-5066
Highlights Review and analysis of parametric LCA methods at the early design stage. Egyptian building code requirements, focusing on energy efficiency, construction methods, and residential building materials. Configuring a method for implementing an LCA aligned with Egyptian constraints. A suggested framework of a national LCA prototype tool that uses generative design for early design decision support for residential building exterior walls in Egypt.
Abstract The life cycle assessment (LCA) has proven to be a reliable methodology for achieving sustainable development. The number of studies and attempts of integration at the building design stage is increasing. This study is aimed at developing a framework for a national LCA tool that considers Egyptian constraints and strikes a balance between embodied and operational impacts to serve as a decision-support tool for early design. This is achieved by first reviewing and analyzing LCA integration methods during the early design stages, emphasizing parametric methods. Second, studying the situation of LCA and energy efficiency in Egypt through publications, building codes, and residential building construction specifications. As a result of these steps, a suggested implementation method based on the generative design was developed as a tool framework that mainly focuses on residential building exterior walls as the first step of the national LCA tool to aid the design process and promote sustainable development. In addition to being the first initiative for a national LCA tool, the novelty of this work is the method of integration compared to other parametric LCA, which aims at optimizing both embodied and operational impact with respect to the Egyptian conditions while offering multiple solutions.
Toward a national life cycle assessment tool: Generative design for early decision support
Hassan, Sally R. (author) / Megahed, Naglaa A. (author) / Abo Eleinen, Osama M. (author) / Hassan, Asmaa M. (author)
Energy and Buildings ; 267
2022-04-25
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) , Early design stage , Parametric LCA , Generative design , Algorithms , Streamlined LCA , ADP , Abiotic Depletion Potential , AP , Acidification Potential , BAIA , Building Attribute to Impact Algorithm , BIM , Building Information Modeling , CC , Climate Change , CO<inf>2</inf>-eq , Carbon Dioxide equivalent , ECP , The Egyptian code for improving energy efficiency use in buildings , EP , Eutrophication Potential , FE , Freshwater Eutrophication , FFD , Fossil Fuel Depletion Potential , GHG , Greenhouse Gas , GWP , Global Warming Potential , ISO , International Organization for Standardization , I<inf>w</inf> , Impact of the Wall [Points/kg or kg CO<inf>2</inf>-Eq per kg] , K , Thermal Conductivity [W/m °C] , LCA , Life Cycle Assessment , LCI , Life Cycle Inventory , MDO , Multidisciplinary Design Optimization , ME , Marine Eutrophication , NRPE , Nonrenewable Primary Energy , OD , Ozone Depletion , R<inf>t</inf> , Total Thermal Resistance Value [m<sup>2</sup> °C/W] , SFP , Smog Formation Potential , SM , Smog Creation
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