A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building
This paper focused on the environmental performance of a nearly zero-energy wood-based educational building (NZEB-W) via the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). It identifies the environmental impacts of construction materials and operational energy demands of the NZEB-W and compares them using the...
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| author | Jozef Mitterpach Rozália Vaňová Přemysl Šedivka Jozef Štefko |
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| description | This paper focused on the environmental performance of a nearly zero-energy wood-based educational building (NZEB-W) via the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). It identifies the environmental impacts of construction materials and operational energy demands of the NZEB-W and compares them using the SimaPro 8 software with the IMPACT 2002+ method. The LCIA results from NZEB-W show that the overall environmental impact of construction materials (98.9 Pt) and 45 years operational energy demands (98.6 Pt) will be at the same level. Its overall environmental impact 197.75 Pt for 45 years is relatively small. NZEB-W has the greatest impact on the environment in the category of damage respiratory inorganics (34.5%), 419 kg PM2.5 eq from construction materials, and 271 kg PM2.5 eq from operational energy for 45 years; follows global warming (31.7%), 1.98 × 10<sup>5</sup> kg CO<sub>2</sub> eq from construction materials, and 4.23 × 10<sup>5</sup> kg CO<sub>2</sub> eq from operational energy for 45 years; and non-renewable energy (21.8%), 2.82 × 10<sup>6</sup> MJ primary from construction materials, and 3.73 × 10<sup>6</sup> MJ primary from operational energy for 45 years. As this environmental assessment shows, the material composition of construction materials compared to the energy consumption in the use phase is an essential element for understanding the life cycle impact of buildings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c0d4c4a353b4827be71fa8887282b842023-11-23T19:56:07ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072022-02-0113222010.3390/f13020220A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational BuildingJozef Mitterpach0Rozália Vaňová1Přemysl Šedivka2Jozef Štefko3Department of Wood Processing and Biomaterials, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Wood Structures, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 96053 Zvolen, SlovakiaDepartment of Wood Processing and Biomaterials, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 16500 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Wood Structures, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 96053 Zvolen, SlovakiaThis paper focused on the environmental performance of a nearly zero-energy wood-based educational building (NZEB-W) via the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). It identifies the environmental impacts of construction materials and operational energy demands of the NZEB-W and compares them using the SimaPro 8 software with the IMPACT 2002+ method. The LCIA results from NZEB-W show that the overall environmental impact of construction materials (98.9 Pt) and 45 years operational energy demands (98.6 Pt) will be at the same level. Its overall environmental impact 197.75 Pt for 45 years is relatively small. NZEB-W has the greatest impact on the environment in the category of damage respiratory inorganics (34.5%), 419 kg PM2.5 eq from construction materials, and 271 kg PM2.5 eq from operational energy for 45 years; follows global warming (31.7%), 1.98 × 10<sup>5</sup> kg CO<sub>2</sub> eq from construction materials, and 4.23 × 10<sup>5</sup> kg CO<sub>2</sub> eq from operational energy for 45 years; and non-renewable energy (21.8%), 2.82 × 10<sup>6</sup> MJ primary from construction materials, and 3.73 × 10<sup>6</sup> MJ primary from operational energy for 45 years. As this environmental assessment shows, the material composition of construction materials compared to the energy consumption in the use phase is an essential element for understanding the life cycle impact of buildings.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/2/220environmental impactconstruction materialsoperational energywooden buildingLCA |
| spellingShingle | Jozef Mitterpach Rozália Vaňová Přemysl Šedivka Jozef Štefko A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building Forests environmental impact construction materials operational energy wooden building LCA |
| title | A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building |
| title_full | A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building |
| title_fullStr | A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building |
| title_short | A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building |
| title_sort | comparison of the environmental performance between construction materials and operational energy of nearly zero energy wood based educational building |
| topic | environmental impact construction materials operational energy wooden building LCA |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/2/220 |
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