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Abstract
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a suitable approach for evaluating environmental impact (e.g. Global Warming Potential (GWP)) related to construction elements and building operation. Since both contribute significantly to the lifecycle based GWP of buildings, combined consideration is necessary. This applies especially for the early design stages when measures for climate change mitigation can be implemented in a cost-efficient manner. In this paper, we describe a sensitivity and uncertainty analysis (SA/UA) for energy simulation and LCA with a total of 8,000 parameter combinations. Thereby, we investigated valuable input for the setup of a collaborative design process with limited information. Standardised Regression Coefficients (SRCs) were used to obtain sensitivity and resulting uncertainties were investigated. The results indicate Primary Energy Source (PES), compactness and energy standard to be the most important information for the robustness of the combined LCA approach. Uncertainty can be reduced by e.g. defining the energy system in an early stage or by designing compact buildings. Related to the early design stages, the application of combined approaches for SA and UA is recommended, as the results differ for embodied and operational emissions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | POST-CARBON - Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference |
Place of Publication | Sydney |
Publisher | The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) |
Pages | 629-638 |
Number of pages | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2022 |
Keywords
- Early Design Stages
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Uncertainty Analysis
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Urban Scale
- Synergy Potential
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Nachverdichtung im Kontext des Klimawandels
Lang, W. (PI), Schade, C. (CoI), Reitberger, R. (CoI), Banihashemi, F. (CoI), Petzold, F. (CoPI) & Pauleit, S. (CoPI)
1/01/20 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Commissioned report
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Nachverdichtung im Kontext des Klimawandels: Schlussbericht
Banihashemi, F., Erlwein, S., Fellner, J., Meister, J., Reitberger, R., Schade, C., Lang, W., Pauleit, S. & Petzold, F., 20 Dec 2022, München: Zentrum für Stadtnatur und Klimaanpassung (ZSK). 154 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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