Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) of buildings and the building sector: A review

LF Cabeza, L Rincón, V Vilariño, G Pérez… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review summarizes and organizes the literature on life cycle assessment (LCA), life
cycle energy analysis (LCEA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) studies carried out for …

How can life cycle thinking support sustainability of buildings? Investigating life cycle assessment applications for energy efficiency and environmental performance

C Ingrao, A Messineo, R Beltramo, T Yigitcanlar… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the context of built environment, buildings are amongst the principal generators of
environmental externalities. Life Cycle Assessment (LCAs) of energy efficiency and …

Recent developments in life cycle assessment

G Finnveden, MZ Hauschild, T Ekvall, J Guinée… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Life Cycle Assessment is a tool to assess the environmental impacts and resources used
throughout a product's life cycle, ie, from raw material acquisition, via production and use …

A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment: Part 2: impact assessment and interpretation

J Reap, F Roman, S Duncan, B Bras - The International Journal of Life …, 2008 - Springer
Background, aims, and scope Life cycle assessment (LCA) stands as the pre-eminent tool
for estimating environmental effects caused by products and processes from 'cradle to …

Limitations of carbon footprint as indicator of environmental sustainability

A Laurent, SI Olsen, MZ Hauschild - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas accountings, commonly referred to with the popular term carbon footprints
(CFP), are a widely used metric of climate change impacts and the main focus of many …

Review of corporate environmental indicators

M Herva, A Franco, EF Carrasco, E Roca - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reviews a series of environmental indicators developed in the last years that
were found suitable to be applied at corporate level for the evaluation of production …

Review of life-cycle assessment applications in building construction

A Singh, G Berghorn, S Joshi, M Syal - Journal of architectural …, 2011 - ascelibrary.org
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) has been used to assess product development processes
“from cradle to grave” for many years. With the current push toward sustainable construction …

Integrating human indoor air pollutant exposure within life cycle impact assessment

S Hellweg, E Demou, R Bruzzi, A Meijer… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Neglecting health effects from indoor pollutant emissions and exposure, as currently done in
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), may result in product or process optimizations at the expense …

Defining product intake fraction to quantify and compare exposure to consumer products

O Jolliet, AS Ernstoff, SA Csiszar, P Fantke - 2015 - ACS Publications
There is a growing consciousness that exposure studies need to better cover near-field
exposure associated with products use. To consistently and quantitatively compare human …

Development of a methodology for assessing inherent occupational health hazards

MH Hassim, DW Edwards - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2006 - Elsevier
In the preliminary stages of chemical plant design, selecting the chemical process route is
one of the main design decisions. Previously, the most important factor in selecting the best …