IEA EBC Annex 72: Assessing life cycle related environmental impacts caused by buildings

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The Annex will focus on the assessment of the primary energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of buildings during production, construction, use and end of life (dismantling), i.e. during the entire life cycle of buildings. The purpose of the Annex is (1) to reach consensus on the assessment methodology, which yet allows to respecting national or regional traditions regarding data and modelling; (2) to better link methods for the environmental assessment with methods and tools used during the design and planning process(i.e. building information modelling, BIM); (3) to work towards the definition of national and regional benchmarks regarding primary energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of buildings during their full life cycle; (4) to support participating member countries in need in the task of developing national or regional life cycle assessment databases tailored to the building sector; (5) to agree on recommendations for national and international standardisation work related to life cycle thinking applied on buildings.

The project is supported by the Danish Energy Agency, The Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP).
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/11/2017 → 31/10/2021

Keywords

  • embodied energy
  • embodied carbon
  • life cycle assessment
  • buildings

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  • Carbon budgets for buildings: harmonising temporal, spatial and sectoral dimensions

    Habert, G., Röck, M., Steininger, K., Lupišek, A., Birgisdottir, H., Design, H., Chandrakumar, C., Pittau, F., Passer, A., Rovers, R., Slavkovic, K., Hollberg, A., Hoxa, E., Jusselme, T., Nault, E., Allacker, K. & Lützkendorf, T., 22 Jul 2020, In: Buildings and Cities. 1, 1, p. 429-452

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    47 Citations (Scopus)

  • Comparison of the greenhouse gas emissions of a high-rise residential building assessed with different national LCA approaches - IEA EBC Annex 72

    Frischknecht, R., Ramseier, L., Yang, W., Birgisdottir, H., Chae, C. U., Lützkendorf, T., Passer, A., Balouktsi, M., Berg, B., Bragança, L., Butler, J., Cellura, M., Dixit, M., Dowdell, D., Francart, N., García Martínez, A., Gomes, V., Gomes da Silva, M., Guimaraes, G., Hoxha, E., & 20 othersKjendseth Wiik, M., König, H., Llatas, C., Longo, S., Lupíšek, A., Martel, J., Mateus, R., Nygaard Rasmussen, F., Ouellet-Plamondon, C., Peuportier, B., Pomponi, F., Pulgrossi, L., Röck, M., Satola, D., Soust Verdaguer, B., Szalay, Z., Truong Nhu, A., Veselka, J., Volf, M. & Zara, O., 20 Nov 2020, Conference Proceedings: World Sustainable Built Environment online conference BEYOND 2020: 2- 4 November 2020. Walbaum, H., Hollberg, A., Thuvander, L., Femenias, P., Kurkowska, I., Mjörnell, K. & Fudge, C. (eds.). IOP Publishing, p. 1-9 9 p. 022029. (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science; No. 2 (1.01-1.05), Vol. 588).

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  • Drivers, barriers and development needs for LCA in the Nordic building sector - A survey among professionals

    Rasmussen, F. N., Malmqvist, T. & Birgisdóttir, H., 20 Nov 2020, Conference Proceedings: World Sustainable Built Environment online conference BEYOND 2020 : 2- 4 November 2020. Wallbaum, H., Hollberg, A., Thuvander, L., Femenias, P., Kurkowska, I., Mjörnell, K. & Fudge, C. (eds.). IOP Publishing, p. 1-8 8 p. 032022. (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science; No. 3 (1.06-1.10), Vol. 588).

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