A Parametric Model for Assessment of Environmental Sustainability of Construction Systems with Emphasise on Production and End Life Phases (With Numerical Assessment Approach to Life Cycle by LCIA method under ISO14042 Supervision)
Subject Areas : environmental managementAsghar Mohammad Moradi 1 , Seyed Bagher Hosseini 2 , Hamid Yazdani 3
1 - Professor, Depatment of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
* ( Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor, Depatment of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
3 - PhD Student, Depatment of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Environment, Building systems, Life Cycle, Environmental assessment, Sustainable development,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: Limitation of undesirable effects of construction industry is one of the most important environmental concerns in recent decades. Expansion of construction activities is an inevitable issue and like any other industrial product, buildings can be considered as a result of raw materials and renewable and non-renewable types of energy use. At the final step of a building life cycle, there is no other way except demolition or recycling. Previous studies in this field have emphasized the building assessment during its use phase. Whereas large aspect of energy usage and pollutants production can be found in construction and demolition phases. Method: Current paper reviewed the researches yet have been done and studied appropriate methods, tools and criterion to assess environmental sustainability of construction systems, especially on production and demolition phases. Results: The main goal of this study is to find a way for parametric assessment of environmental sustainability in construction systems, with emphasis on production and end phase of a building life cycle. Conclusion: Finally, this study presents a six-parameter numerical model that can help to evaluate environmental compatibility of any building by which environmental sustainability of a construction system can be assessed with emphasis on production and end phase of its life cycle.
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