 Environmental impact assessment of building envelope components for low-rise buildingsMaja Žigart, Rebeka Kovačič Lukman, Miroslav Premrov and Vesna Žegarac Leskovar Energy, 2018, vol. 163, issue C, 501-512 Abstract: The selection of building envelope components has a high impact on all the lifecycle phases of a building, from the environmental and energy perspectives, and plays a significant role in the design of sustainable buildings. This paper presents an environmental impact comparison of four different building structural systems widely used in the construction of energy efficient houses in Central Europe: reinforced concrete, brick, cross-laminated timber, and timber-frame panel construction. The basic properties of wall and roof components were determined according to the thermal transmittance equivalent, where their environmental performance using a lifecycle approach was assessed. The study reveals the environmental impacts of individual structural systems and alternative thermal insulation materials, as well as their impact share on environmental performance of building envelopes. Keywords: Building envelope components; Environmental impact; Global warming potential; Acidification potential; Primary energy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:163:y:2018:i:c:p:501-512 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.149 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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