TY - GEN
T1 - Ecological and economic impact of various materials and constructions for buildings over the whole life-cycle
AU - Hafner, A.
AU - Winter, S.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This work looks at the environmental and economic effects of different materials and constructions in the complete life cycle of buildings. The evaluation was carried out on a reference building with an array of construction methods. The comparison of the various standard constructions for the complete life cycle showed only minor differences in both environmental and economic aspects. This means, that the impact of the operation period is far bigger (70 to 90%) today than the construction itself. Differences in the materials are small and will only have an effect, if energy efficiency is increased to a high level. Because of these results the different construction principals were also compared without operation period and maintenance to locate the differences in materials. Here for example the massive timber construction comes forward in the categories of global warming potential and renewable primary energy.
AB - This work looks at the environmental and economic effects of different materials and constructions in the complete life cycle of buildings. The evaluation was carried out on a reference building with an array of construction methods. The comparison of the various standard constructions for the complete life cycle showed only minor differences in both environmental and economic aspects. This means, that the impact of the operation period is far bigger (70 to 90%) today than the construction itself. Differences in the materials are small and will only have an effect, if energy efficiency is increased to a high level. Because of these results the different construction principals were also compared without operation period and maintenance to locate the differences in materials. Here for example the massive timber construction comes forward in the categories of global warming potential and renewable primary energy.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874550973
SN - 9780415621267
T3 - Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2012
SP - 1522
EP - 1529
BT - Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2012
T2 - 3rd International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2012
Y2 - 3 October 2012 through 6 October 2012
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