A Life Cycle Assessment model of End-of-life scenarios for building deconstruction and waste management

E Quéheille, A Ventura, N Saiyouri… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The end-of-life of buildings is increasingly involved to improve waste management and
environmental concern of the construction sector. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) model is …

End of life of buildings: three alternatives, two scenarios. A case study

E Martínez, Y Nuñez, E Sobaberas - The International Journal of Life …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose The objective of this case study is to identify the relevant processes needed in the
environmental assessment of the end of life of a building and to identify the demolition …

Analysis of the environmental performance of life-cycle building waste management strategies in tertiary buildings

D Zambrana-Vasquez, I Zabalza-Bribián… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
At urban level, the generation Municipal Solid Waste and Construction and Demolition
Waste is mostly related to the life-cycle of buildings. An evaluation method based on Life …

Life cycle assessment of the end-of-life phase of a residential building

P Vitale, N Arena, F Di Gregorio, U Arena - Waste management, 2017 - Elsevier
The study investigates the potential environmental impacts related to the end-of-life phase of
a residential building, identified in a multifamily dwelling of three levels, constructed in the …

Applicability of life cycle assessment methodology to conservation works in historical building: The case of cleaning

E Franzoni, L Volpi, A Bonoli - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) represents a suitable methodology to evaluate
quantitatively the environmental impact related to a product or a process and it can be used …

Developments in life cycle assessment applied to evaluate the environmental performance of construction and demolition wastes

MD Bovea, JC Powell - Waste management, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of the literature that applies the life cycle assessment (LCA)
methodology to the assessment of the environmental performance of the life cycle of …

Influence of construction and demolition waste management on the environmental impact of buildings

A Coelho, J De Brito - Waste Management, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to quantify comparable environmental impacts within a Life
Cycle Analysis (LCA) perspective, for buildings in which the first (Materials) and last (End of …

Environmental impacts and benefits of the end-of-life of building materials: Database to support decision making and contribute to circularity

A Antunes, R Martins, JD Silvestre, R do Carmo… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper outlines a methodology for structuring a generic database of environmental
impacts on the end-of-life phase of buildings, which can be used at the national level, in …

An LCA-based model for assessing prevention versus non-prevention of construction waste in buildings

C Llatas, N Bizcocho, B Soust-Verdaguer, MV Montes… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste generated by the Construction Sector represents an environmental problem in many
countries. To achieve increasingly eco-efficient waste management, Life Cycle Assessment …

The factor of time in the life cycle assessment of housing

G Klunder, H van Nunen - Open House International, 2003 - research.tue.nl
Conducting life cycle assessments, or LCAs, involves many uncertainties, including those
related to the factor of time. Time is very important in the environmental assessment of …