Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building Materials
abo einan, O., Hussien, E., Rashad, S. (2015). Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building Materials. EKB Journal Management System, 19(1), 21-30. doi: 10.21608/pserj.2015.36730
osama abo einan; Engy Samy Hussien; sally Rashad. "Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building Materials". EKB Journal Management System, 19, 1, 2015, 21-30. doi: 10.21608/pserj.2015.36730
abo einan, O., Hussien, E., Rashad, S. (2015). 'Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building Materials', EKB Journal Management System, 19(1), pp. 21-30. doi: 10.21608/pserj.2015.36730
abo einan, O., Hussien, E., Rashad, S. Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building Materials. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 19(1): 21-30. doi: 10.21608/pserj.2015.36730

Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Building Materials

Port-Said Engineering Research Journal
Article 3, Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2015, Page 21-30  XML PDF (1.58 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/pserj.2015.36730
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Authors
osama abo einan1; Engy Samy Hussien2; sally Rashad3
1faculty of engineering port said university
2Architecture and Urban Planning Department ,Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt,
3Architecture and Urban Planning Department ,Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
Abstract
Trending to green and sustainable buildings became inevitable during the increasing crises of global current lack of resources and energy besides all forms of pollution. Architects play an important role in reducing the environmental impact of their buildings through a good understanding of the negative impact of construction process during full life cycle and how to reduce it. Selecting materials and products for a high performance building is not an easy task as there are a lot of considerations and criteria for comparing the available options. This paper focuses on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a method to evaluate the environmental impact related to building materials at different stages and how to assess and compare it with alternatives based on its environmental efficiency. The paper also includes a practical study conducted by the researcher using LCA tool to assess and compare two optional designs of two residential buildings with different structure systems, reinforced concrete and load bearing walls, depending on their environmental impact to prove that applying LCA in early design phase can make a difference in building design and the selection of building materials.
 
Keywords
Sustainable Materials; Life Cycle Assessment; Materials Efficiency; Eco-efficient materials; Environmental impact of building materials
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