Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings
Building activity has recently led to the deterioration of environment and has become unsustainable. Several strategies have been introduced in order to minimize consumption of energy and resulting CO2 emissions having their origin in the operational phase. But also other stages of Life Cycle should...
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| author | Porhincak Milan Estokova Adriana |
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| description | Building activity has recently led to the deterioration of environment and has become unsustainable. Several strategies have been introduced in order to minimize consumption of energy and resulting CO2 emissions having their origin in the operational phase. But also other stages of Life Cycle should are important to identify the overall environmental impact of construction sector. In this paper 5 similar Slovak buildings (family houses) were analyzed in terms of environmental performance of building materials used for their structures. Evaluation included the weight of used materials, embodied energy and embodied CO2 and SO2 emissions. Analysis has proven that the selection of building materials is an important factor which influences the environmental profile. Findings of the case study indicated that materials like concrete, ceramic or thermal insulation materials based on polystyrene and mineral wool are ones with the most negative environmental impact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f38f0ead680a4c9a814c2a945bd2ec452022-12-21T18:31:46ZengSciendoSelected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering1338-72782013-11-01829310210.2478/sspjce-2013-0022Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak BuildingsPorhincak Milan0Estokova Adriana1Technical University of Košice Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Building and Environmental EngineeringTechnical University of Košice Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Building and Environmental EngineeringBuilding activity has recently led to the deterioration of environment and has become unsustainable. Several strategies have been introduced in order to minimize consumption of energy and resulting CO2 emissions having their origin in the operational phase. But also other stages of Life Cycle should are important to identify the overall environmental impact of construction sector. In this paper 5 similar Slovak buildings (family houses) were analyzed in terms of environmental performance of building materials used for their structures. Evaluation included the weight of used materials, embodied energy and embodied CO2 and SO2 emissions. Analysis has proven that the selection of building materials is an important factor which influences the environmental profile. Findings of the case study indicated that materials like concrete, ceramic or thermal insulation materials based on polystyrene and mineral wool are ones with the most negative environmental impact.https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2013-0022environmental assessmentenvironmental profileembodied energyembodied co2 |
| spellingShingle | Porhincak Milan Estokova Adriana Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings Selected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering environmental assessment environmental profile embodied energy embodied co2 |
| title | Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings |
| title_full | Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings |
| title_short | Environmental Evaluation of Building Materials of 5 Slovak Buildings |
| title_sort | environmental evaluation of building materials of 5 slovak buildings |
| topic | environmental assessment environmental profile embodied energy embodied co2 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2013-0022 |
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