Life cycle assessment as a comparative analysis tool for sustainable brownfield redevelopment projects

2015 ◽  
pp. 323-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Brecheisen ◽  
Thomas Theis
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Brownfield Redevelopment

scholarly journals Integrating Life Cycle Assessment into the Framework of Environmental Impact Assessment for Urban Systems: Framework and Case Study of Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

Environments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Kavya Madhu ◽  
Stefan Pauliuk
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Desert Ecosystem ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Analysis Tool

Planning urban expansion under the interconnected Sustainable Development Goals requires a systemic analysis of its environmental impacts. The benefits of integrating the widely used system analysis tool life cycle assessment (LCA) into the planning process tool environmental impact assessment (EIA) are described in the literature. However, not many applications of such an integration have been conducted. The aim of this study is to refine the framework for integrating LCA into the process of EIA and to apply this framework to an example of urban expansion: Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. The integrated framework builds on the complementarity between the scope and assessment steps of the tools and assesses the impacts for the areas of protection: human health, ecosystem, and resources. The framework is then applied to the vehicles, buildings, and infrastructure in the city’s first development phase (DP1). Major environmental stressors include the loss of existing desert ecosystem and the utilization of non-renewable sources of energy at various development stages of DP1. Substituting natural gas-based electricity with solar power could potentially save 46% of current carbon emissions. To mitigate the land transformation impacts, construction of “close-to-nature” artificial habitats, and increased use of low-carbon fuels is suggested.

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment of ceramic façade material and its comparative analysis with three other common façade materials

2015 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baolong Han ◽  
Rusong Wang ◽  
Liang Yao ◽  
Hongxiao Liu ◽  
Zhonghang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Ceramic Facade

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment of low temperature asphalt mixtures for road pavement surfaces: A comparative analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 283-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Santos ◽  
Sara Bressi ◽  
Véronique Cerezo ◽  
Davide Lo Presti ◽  
Michel Dauvergne
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Asphalt Mixtures ◽  
Road Pavement

scholarly journals VALUING DELIBERATE BUILT-IN FLEXIBILITY IN HOUSES – EXAMPLED

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 479-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Carmichael ◽  
Reza Taheriattar
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Financial Viability ◽  
Sustainability Criteria ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Environmental Impacts ◽  
Over Time

People’s Housing requirements commonly transition over time, and there are financial, social and environmental impacts associated with altering and moving houses. With possible future alteration in mind, this paper looks at the viability of deliberately incorporating flexibility into houses at the time they are designed and built, as compared with no specifically incorporated flexibility (yet still possibly capable of being altered). A comparative analysis, rather than an absolute analysis, is outlined. The financial viability is performed as an options analysis, while the social and environmental matters are evaluated along life cycle assessment lines. As a case example, the paper considers the viability of incorporating deliberate two-storey flexibility into a single-storey house using Australian practices. It is shown on the case example that incorporating deliberate built-in flexibility can perform positively against all sustainability criteria – financial, social and environmental, separately or combined – however the generality of this conclusion remains to be proven.

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