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A comprehensive database of environmental flow coefficients for construction materials: closing the loop in environmental design
Robert H Crawford, Andre Stephan, Fabian Prideaux, Avlokita Agrawal (ed.)
53rd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2019: Revisiting the Role of Architecture for 'Surviving’ Development | The Architectural Science Association | Published : 2019
Abstract
Life cycle assessment is increasingly used to quantify and reduce the environmental effects of buildings. Embodied environmental effects, resulting from material production and replacement as well as construction, are typically quantified using coefficients from readily available databases. However, most existing databases of embodied environmental coefficients for construction materials suffer from limitations, such as inconsistency in the life cycle inventory method used or system boundary incompleteness. This paper introduces a new database of hybrid environmental flow coefficients for construction materials, covering flows of energy, water and greenhouse gas emissions for over 100 common..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council