Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials
Green building design requires use of building materials that minimize environmental impact, necessitating selection of building materials by their environmental profile as well as economic cost-benefit considerations. The objective of this research is to determine the environmental impacts per squ...
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Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University
2014-03-01
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Green building design requires use of building materials that minimize environmental impact, necessitating selection of building materials by their environmental profile as well as economic cost-benefit considerations. The objective of this research is to determine the environmental impacts per square meter of three flooring materials; ceramic tiles, marble tiles, and parquet produced in Thailand. Life cycle cost (LCC) of the three materials are determined and compared. The study finds that ceramic tiles cause the greatest environmental impact, especially during the material extraction phase. When calculating all costs incurred throughout the life-cycle, the cost of untreated solid wood parquet is highest.
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| spelling | doaj.art-43db269758c3484681375ea70080c0862024-02-26T10:51:12ZengEnvironmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn UniversityApplied Environmental Research2287-075X2014-03-0136210.35762/AER.2014.36.2.5Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building MaterialsNachawit Tikul0Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Green building design requires use of building materials that minimize environmental impact, necessitating selection of building materials by their environmental profile as well as economic cost-benefit considerations. The objective of this research is to determine the environmental impacts per square meter of three flooring materials; ceramic tiles, marble tiles, and parquet produced in Thailand. Life cycle cost (LCC) of the three materials are determined and compared. The study finds that ceramic tiles cause the greatest environmental impact, especially during the material extraction phase. When calculating all costs incurred throughout the life-cycle, the cost of untreated solid wood parquet is highest. https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/jer/index.php/aer/article/view/17197EnvironmentEconomicBuilding materialCeramic tileMarble tileParquet |
| spellingShingle | Nachawit Tikul Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials Applied Environmental Research Environment Economic Building material Ceramic tile Marble tile Parquet |
| title | Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials |
| title_full | Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials |
| title_fullStr | Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials |
| title_short | Environmental and Economic of Flooring Building Materials |
| title_sort | environmental and economic of flooring building materials |
| topic | Environment Economic Building material Ceramic tile Marble tile Parquet |
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