SBS5413 Building Sustainability & Green Building Assessment
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Life cycle assessment
1. LCA basic concepts
2. LCA process
3. Examples of LCA
4. Evaluation methods
5. Limitations of LCA
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Video presentation:
Life cycle (0:29)
https://youtu.be/x9NqzVWIeX4
The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt (4:07)
https://youtu.be/5Ckgw5xvZV4
Further Reading:
Videos:
- The principles of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (2:55)
https://youtu.be/r0ucT1KRiO4
- Life Cycle Assessment as part of Strategic Sustainability for Product (3:03)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGhoInz-VUs
Life cycle assessment - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_cycle_assessment
Defining Life cycle Assessment
https://www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/lca-define.html
What is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Methodology?
https://www.thinkstep.com/life-cycle-assessment-lca-methodology
Web links:
ATHENA Impact Estimator and EcoCalculator (Canada)
http://www.athenaSMI.ca
BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) Online version (USA)
https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees
GaBi (Germany)
http://www.gabi-software.com
SimaPro (The Netherlands)
http://www.pre.nl/simapro.html
Examples of LCA:
Exercise on Life Cycle Assessment dataset creation (UNEP): Case study: Cotton T-Shirt [
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Life Cycle Assessment: A Key to Driving Sustainability (Life Cycle Thinking Exercise) [
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Life cycle assessment example of hand dryer options
https://www.pre-sustainability.com/news/life-cycle-assessment-example-of-hand-dryer-options
References:
AIA, 2010.
AIA Guide to Building Life Cycle Assessment in Practice
, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, DC.
https://www.brikbase.org/sites/default/files/aiab082942.pdf
ISO 14040:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment –Principles and Framework
http://www.pqm-online.com/assets/files/lib/std/iso_14040-2006.pdf
ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements and Guidelines [British standards online][
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| Created: Sep 2017 | Update: 28 Feb 2018 |