Analysis of Selected Building Constructions Used in Industrial Construction in Terms of Sustainability Benefits

Jozef Švajlenka, Mária Kozlovská and Terézia Pošiváková
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Jozef Švajlenka: Department of Construction Technology and Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Mária Kozlovská: Department of Construction Technology and Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
Terézia Pošiváková: Department of the Environment, Veterinary Legislation and Economy, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy of Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: Enormous development of technology over the past two centuries has been associated with a considerable drawdown of non-renewable raw materials and an increase in the amount of harmful emissions. Thus, building direction in the field of construction implies a significant implementation of sustainability. The preference for environmentally friendly technology solutions is the right way to meet the sustainability trend. The main aim of this study was to analyze and verify selected construction systems of buildings designed for agricultural primary production in terms of their environmental impacts. The supporting construction systems of the comparative design variants was designed from a variety of material bases (concrete, steel, and wood). To evaluate environmental construction systems, the LCA methodology in mode “Cradle to Gate” was used. Parameters of sustainability related to the environmental impact were analyzed. These results could be a useful tool for the evaluation and comparison to an appropriate choice of the design option for an industrial building designed for agricultural primary production in terms of environmental impact.

Keywords: agricultural construction; Cradle to Gate; environmental parameters; industrial buildings; life cycle assessment; sustainability; transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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