How life cycle assessment is key to reducing carbon emissions in architectural development: Circular economy and regenerative design.

Autor: Dehvari, Hooman, Moghaddam, Melika Sahamiyan
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Zdroj: Energy Equipment & Systems; Dec2023, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p401-424, 24p
Abstrakt: In line with the growth of population and construction, the use of natural resources is increasing, which gradually leads to harming nature, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming; this research examines both energy consumption and the environmental impacts in the GWP section; In besides, examining the points related to the architectural development process, it seeks to integrate the relationship between construction and environment through the use of regenerative design. The process involved selecting target buildings, gathering initial data, and 3D modeling (Design Builder). The next step was to conduct a sustainable analysis, including energy analysis and life cycle assessment (One Click LCA). The results showed that the architectural development in buildings has reduced CO2e carbon emissions in the energy sector by 1.3 times. Nevertheless, the sector related to the materials of the modern house is almost 3.5 times more effective on the global warming potentials than the vernacular house. after changing and using low-carbon materials, the impact of the material sector on global warming potential in modern and vernacular houses decreased by 1.8 and 2.6 times, respectively. As a result, although the use of advanced materials has improved its thermal performance, these materials have increased the overall environmental impacts in the global warming potential section by a factor of 2.9. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index