Using Specification and Description Language for Life Cycle Assesment in Buildings

Pau Fonseca i Casas and Antoni Fonseca i Casas
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Pau Fonseca i Casas: Statistics and Operations Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona-Tech, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Fonseca i Casas: Polyhedra Tech SL, 08026 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: The definition of a Life Cycle Assesment (LCA) for a building or an urban area is a complex task due to the inherent complexity of all the elements that must be considered. Furthermore, a multidisciplinary approach is required due to the different sources of knowledge involved in this project. This multidisciplinary approach makes it necessary to use formal language to fully represent the complexity of the used models. In this paper, we explore the use of Specification and Description Language (SDL) to represent the LCA of a building and residential area. We also introduce a tool that uses this idea to implement an optimization and simulation mechanism to define the optimal solution for the sustainability of a specific building or residential.

Keywords: Specification and Description Language (SDL); Life Cycle Assesment (LCA); smart cities; IoT; buildings simulation; sustainability; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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