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Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Residential Building Materials: A Case Study
Many challenges exist in the construction sector including lack of sufficient regulation, development and deposition of debris, consequent degradation of the surrounding environment in the post-construction phase etc. The residential buildingsResidential building” play a leading role in urban development and subsequent environmental impactEnvironmental impact”. Thus, life cycleLife cycle” assessment (LCA) of residential buildingsResidential building” becomes demanding for paving the way towards sustainable growth through impact characterization. This motivates this study to apply the LCA approach based on the ISO 14,040 Standard for residential buildingResidential building” and assess the impact with respect to human carcinogenic, non-carcinogenic, global warmingGlobal warming” and energy demand etc. categories. For this purpose, the IMPACT 2002+ method utilizing SimaPro software was applied to evaluate the impact from the processes and materials used for the construction of a seven-storied concrete structure building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The results indicated that among the construction materials and operations, categories such as concrete, steel, brick and electricity consumption exert significant impacts on the environment. Besides comparative impact characterization, this study also illustrates the need for steps to be adopted in the supply chains of the steel, cement and ceramic materials. The use of ceramic materials and the impacts incurred also need to be investigated further due to its frequency in usage.
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Residential Building Materials: A Case Study
Many challenges exist in the construction sector including lack of sufficient regulation, development and deposition of debris, consequent degradation of the surrounding environment in the post-construction phase etc. The residential buildingsResidential building” play a leading role in urban development and subsequent environmental impactEnvironmental impact”. Thus, life cycleLife cycle” assessment (LCA) of residential buildingsResidential building” becomes demanding for paving the way towards sustainable growth through impact characterization. This motivates this study to apply the LCA approach based on the ISO 14,040 Standard for residential buildingResidential building” and assess the impact with respect to human carcinogenic, non-carcinogenic, global warmingGlobal warming” and energy demand etc. categories. For this purpose, the IMPACT 2002+ method utilizing SimaPro software was applied to evaluate the impact from the processes and materials used for the construction of a seven-storied concrete structure building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The results indicated that among the construction materials and operations, categories such as concrete, steel, brick and electricity consumption exert significant impacts on the environment. Besides comparative impact characterization, this study also illustrates the need for steps to be adopted in the supply chains of the steel, cement and ceramic materials. The use of ceramic materials and the impacts incurred also need to be investigated further due to its frequency in usage.
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Residential Building Materials: A Case Study
Malik, Junaid Ahmad (editor) / Marathe, Shriram (editor) / Islam, Md. Al Sadikul (author) / Ashiquzzaman, Md. (author) / Utshab, Amiu Shadik (author) / Majed, Nehreen (author)
Ecological and Health Effects of Building Materials ; Chapter: 30 ; 585-605
2021-08-08
21 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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