The Impact Assessment of Campus Buildings Based on a Life Cycle Assessment–Life Cycle Cost Integrated Model

Zhuyuan Xue, Hongbo Liu, Qinxiao Zhang, Jingxin Wang, Jilin Fan and Xia Zhou
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Zhuyuan Xue: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Hongbo Liu: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Qinxiao Zhang: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Jingxin Wang: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Jilin Fan: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Xia Zhou: Shangrao Ecology and Environment Bureau, Shangrao 334000, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: The development of higher education has led to an increasing demand for campus buildings. To promote the sustainable development of campus buildings, this paper combines social willingness-to-pay (WTP) with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) based on the characteristics of Chinese campus buildings to establish a life cycle assessment–life cycle cost (LCA–LCC) integrated model. Based on this model, this paper analyses the teaching building at a university in North China. The results show that the environmental impacts and economic costs are largest in the operation phase of the life cycle, mainly because of the use of electric energy. The environmental impacts and economic costs during the construction phase mainly come from the building material production process (BMPP); in this process, steel is the main source. Throughout the life cycle, abiotic depletion-fossil fuel potential (ADP fossil) and global warming potential (GWP) are the most prominent indexes. Further analysis shows that these two indexes should be the emphases of similar building assessments in the near future. Finally, this study offers suggestions for the proposed buildings and existing buildings based on the prominent problems found in the case study, with the aim to provide reference for the design, construction, and operation management of similar buildings.

Keywords: life cycle assessment; life cycle cost; integrated model; architecture; green campus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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