6.1 Environmental Impacts of buildings

 

 

6.1 Environmental Impacts of buildings:

The concept of Life Cycle Analysis was introduced in Chapter 3. Figure 6.1.1 looks at the Life Cycle Analysis of a building, including the inputs and outputs of the various stages of the materials used for building's life cycle


Figure 6.1.1 LCA of a building

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We will now examine these steps individually, firstly looking at the environmental impact of materials, the waste produced during construction, the energy use during the lifetime of the building and finally demolition.