dc.creator | Palumbo, Elisabetta | es |
dc.creator | Soust-Verdaguer, Bernardette | es |
dc.creator | Llatas, Carmen | es |
dc.creator | Traverso, Marzia | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-11T11:46:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-11T11:46:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Palumbo, E., Soust-Verdaguer, B., Llatas, C. y Traverso, M. (2020). How to obtain accurate environmental impacts at early design stages in BIM when using environmental product declaration. A method to support decision-making. Sustainability, 12 (6927). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176927. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/144168 | |
dc.description.abstract | The construction sector plays an important role in moving towards a low-carbon economy.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is considered one of the most effective methods of analytically evaluating
environmental profiles and an efficient tool for calculating the environmental impacts in building
design-oriented methodologies, such as building information modelling (BIM). At early design stages,
generic LCA databases are used to conduct the life cycle inventory (LCI), while detailed stages require
more detailed data, such as environmental product declarations (EPDs), namely documents that
provide accurate results and precise analyses based on LCA. Limitations are recognized when using
EPDs in BIM elements at different levels of development (LOD) in the design stages, especially related
to the data consistency and system boundaries of the LCA. This paper presents a method of achieving
accurate LCA results, that helps with decision-making and provides support in the selection of
building products and materials. The method is validated by its application in the structural concrete
of an office building located in Germany. The method defines a safety factor adopted for embodied
impacts (“cradle-to-gate”), based on EPD results to predict the environmental impact of BIM elements
at different LODs. The results obtained show that by integrating the method to conduct the LCA,
the range of errors and possible inconsistencies in the LCA results can be reduced. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 24 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sustainability, 12 (6927). | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | LCA (life cycle assessment) | es |
dc.subject | Environmental product declaration (EPD) | es |
dc.subject | BIM (building information modelling) | es |
dc.subject | LOD (level of development) | es |
dc.subject | Building sustainability | es |
dc.subject | From cradle to gate | es |
dc.subject | Early design stages | es |
dc.title | How to obtain accurate environmental impacts at early design stages in BIM when using environmental product declaration. A method to support decision-making | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA) | es |
dc.relation.projectID | BIA2017-84830-R | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6927/pdf?version=1598433610 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su12176927 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Sustainability | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 12 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 6927 | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España | es |