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Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of multistorey building: Attributional and consequential perspectives
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-0572
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-5685
Abstract Buildings are accountable for much of the resource consumption and CO2 emissions generated from human activities. Nonetheless, the focus of building life cycle assessment (LCA) studies to evaluate the environmental footprint are more commonly adopted in an attributional approach. Nevertheless, understanding a direct and indirect consequences in larger system using consequential approach is also needed for policy-making. Rather small body of existing literature has been found on the implementation of consequential LCA and life cycle costing (LCC) in the building sector. In this study, attributional and consequential approach are performed for hybrid wood multistorey building. The results showed that with attributional approach, the phase that contributed the environmental impacts the most in climate change category is the production phase yet it became the use phase if consequential approach is used. By performing consequential LCA-LCC the possible hidden impacts can be uncovered and sufficient insights into the indirect impacts can be seen, thereby offering stakeholders the opportunity to avoid such future consequences.
Highlights Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing with two different approaches are presented. The case study of hybrid wood multistorey building is applied. The added benefit of attributional and consequential perspectives is demonstrated. Production has the highest impact environmentally and economically in the attributional approach. In the consequential, production is less environmentally responsible yet still more economically accountable.
Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of multistorey building: Attributional and consequential perspectives
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-0572
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-5685
Abstract Buildings are accountable for much of the resource consumption and CO2 emissions generated from human activities. Nonetheless, the focus of building life cycle assessment (LCA) studies to evaluate the environmental footprint are more commonly adopted in an attributional approach. Nevertheless, understanding a direct and indirect consequences in larger system using consequential approach is also needed for policy-making. Rather small body of existing literature has been found on the implementation of consequential LCA and life cycle costing (LCC) in the building sector. In this study, attributional and consequential approach are performed for hybrid wood multistorey building. The results showed that with attributional approach, the phase that contributed the environmental impacts the most in climate change category is the production phase yet it became the use phase if consequential approach is used. By performing consequential LCA-LCC the possible hidden impacts can be uncovered and sufficient insights into the indirect impacts can be seen, thereby offering stakeholders the opportunity to avoid such future consequences.
Highlights Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing with two different approaches are presented. The case study of hybrid wood multistorey building is applied. The added benefit of attributional and consequential perspectives is demonstrated. Production has the highest impact environmentally and economically in the attributional approach. In the consequential, production is less environmentally responsible yet still more economically accountable.
Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of multistorey building: Attributional and consequential perspectives
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-0572
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-5685
Abstract Buildings are accountable for much of the resource consumption and CO2 emissions generated from human activities. Nonetheless, the focus of building life cycle assessment (LCA) studies to evaluate the environmental footprint are more commonly adopted in an attributional approach. Nevertheless, understanding a direct and indirect consequences in larger system using consequential approach is also needed for policy-making. Rather small body of existing literature has been found on the implementation of consequential LCA and life cycle costing (LCC) in the building sector. In this study, attributional and consequential approach are performed for hybrid wood multistorey building. The results showed that with attributional approach, the phase that contributed the environmental impacts the most in climate change category is the production phase yet it became the use phase if consequential approach is used. By performing consequential LCA-LCC the possible hidden impacts can be uncovered and sufficient insights into the indirect impacts can be seen, thereby offering stakeholders the opportunity to avoid such future consequences.
Highlights Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing with two different approaches are presented. The case study of hybrid wood multistorey building is applied. The added benefit of attributional and consequential perspectives is demonstrated. Production has the highest impact environmentally and economically in the attributional approach. In the consequential, production is less environmentally responsible yet still more economically accountable.
Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of multistorey building: Attributional and consequential perspectives
Fauzi, Rizal Taufiq (author) / Lavoie, Patrick (author) / Tanguy, Audrey (author) / Amor, Ben (author)
Building and Environment ; 197
2021-03-22
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Attributional , Consequential , LCA , LCC , LCSA