The EPiC database: Hybrid embodied environmental flow coefficients for construction materials

RH Crawford; A Stephan; F Prideaux

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The EPiC database: Hybrid embodied environmental flow coefficients for construction materials

RH Crawford, A Stephan, F Prideaux

Resources Conservation and Recycling | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106058

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Abstract

Demand for new buildings and infrastructure continues to grow and will only increase in coming years to cater for forecast growth in global population. This demand will result in considerable strain on the natural environment, resulting from the operation of these new built assets as well as the demand for resources required to construct and maintain them. Life cycle assessment is a tool that can be used during the design or refurbishment of new or existing buildings or infrastructure projects, to assess and improve their environmental performance. A life cycle assessment is often time consuming and complex, especially when used for the analysis of entire construction projects. This is parti..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council under the Discovery Projects funding scheme (project number DP150100962) and the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities funding scheme (project number LE160100066) . The authors would also like to acknowledge Paul-Antoine Bontinck, Senior LCA Specialist at lifecycles, for his contribution to the work reported in this paper.