Passive House Plus

Life cycle assessment in construction and retrofit

So in fact, the life cycle assessment (LCA) undertaken for a building or retrofit, is a bit like a pyramid, comprised of ...
Medicine Buffalo

Ryan Mellen: Designing Timber Structures for Reuse: Advancing Sustainable Practices through Parametric Modeling and Life Cycle Assessment

Explore timber structural systems designed for reuse, focusing on parametric modeling and computational evaluation and initial exploration into physical prototyping or fabrication. A digital badge is ...
Nature

Comparative life cycle assessment of a modular cross-laminated timber residential building designed for disassembly and reuse versus traditional wood frame construction

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...
ArchDaily

The Compact Wooden City: A Life-Cycle Analysis of How Timber Could Help Combat Climate Change

Sou Fujimoto and Laisné Roussel's proposal for a tall wooden building in Bordeaux. Image © SOU FUJIMOTO ARCHITECTS + LAISNÉ ROUSSEL + RENDERING BY TÀMAS FISHER ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

What is life cycle assessment (LCA)?

Stroll through any aisle in the grocery store today and it won’t take long to find products that claim to be sustainable. Some brands might profess how much energy was offset to make a product, while ...
ArchDaily

Understanding Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment for a Better Architecture

To initiate change of any kind, one must first be aware of the problem at hand. In the construction industry –which is responsible for 39% of global greenhouse gas emissions and countless other ...
Nature

Cross-country life cycle assessment of construction and demolition waste recycling with evaluation of energy use, carbon emissions, and regional trade-offs

The construction and demolition (C&D) sector accounts for considerable amounts of global solid waste 1. By increasing rate of urbanization and infrastructure development, construction and demolition ...
TreeHugger

What Is the Life Cycle Assessment?

Sharmon Lebby is a writer and sustainable fashion stylist who studies and reports on the intersections of environmentalism, fashion, and BIPOC communities. The Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, is a ...