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A life-cycle energy analysis of building materials in the Negev desert
Nora Huberman,David Pearlmutter +1 more
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In this article, the authors identify building materials which may optimize a building's energy requirements over its entire life cycle, by analyzing both embodied and operational energy consumption in a climatically responsive building in the Negev desert region of southern Israel.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 330 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Embodied energy & Efficient energy use.read more
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) of buildings and the building sector: A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes and organizes the literature on life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle energy analysis (LCEA), and life cycle cost analysis for environmental evaluation of buildings and building related industry and sector (including construction products, construction systems, buildings, and civil engineering constructions).
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Life cycle assessment of building materials: Comparative analysis of energy and environmental impacts and evaluation of the eco-efficiency improvement potential
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of an LCA study comparing the most commonly used building materials with some eco-materials using three different impact categories, and propose guidelines for materials selection in the eco-design of new buildings and rehabilitation of existing buildings.
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Life cycle assessment in buildings: State-of-the-art and simplified LCA methodology as a complement for building certification
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the state-of-the-art regarding the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the building sector, providing a list of existing tools, drivers and barriers, potential users and purposes of LCA studies in this sector.
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A review on Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Energy Assessment and Life Cycle Carbon Emissions Assessment on buildings
TL;DR: In this article, a review on three streams of life cycle studies that have been frequently applied to evaluate the environmental impacts of building construction with a major focus on whether they can be used for decision making is provided.
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The changing role of life cycle phases, subsystems and materials in the LCA of low energy buildings
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been conducted on a low energy family house recently built in Northern Italy, which was claimed to be sustainable on the basis of its outstanding energy saving performances, an ex post LCA was set up to understand whether, and to what extent, the positive judgement could be confirmed in a life cycle perspective.
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The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines
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Energy use in the life cycle of conventional and low-energy buildings: A review article
Igor Sartori,Anne Grete Hestnes +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a literature survey on buildings' life cycle energy use was performed, resulting in a total of 60 cases from nine countries, including both residential and non-residential units.
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Life cycle energy and environmental performance of a new university building: modeling challenges and design implications
TL;DR: In this article, a case study life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted of a 7300 m2, six-story building with a projected 75 year life span, located on the University of Michigan campus.
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A low energy building in a life cycle - its embodied energy, energy need for operation and recycling potential
TL;DR: In this paper, the recycling potential of the most energy efficient apartment housing in Sweden (45 kWh/m(2) ) was analyzed and it was shown that the recycling could account for between 35% and 40% of the embodied energy.
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Embodied energy of common and alternative building materials and technologies
TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of energy in different types of masonry has been made and compared with the energy of conventional reinforced concrete (RC) slab roof, and total embodied energy of a multi-storeyed building, a load bearing brickwork building and a soil-cement block building using alternative building materials has been compared.
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