Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.
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| author | Hsu, Sophia Lisbeth |
| author2 | John Ochsendorf. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/684142022-01-13T07:54:12Z Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment Hsu, Sophia Lisbeth John Ochsendorf. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture Architecture. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-60). Life cycle assessment, or LCA, is a powerful method for measuring and reducing a building's environmental impacts. Its widespread adoption among designers would allow the environmental component of sustainability to gain more traction in design philosophy and client goals. Currently, the stakeholders in building design-both design professionals and clients-have few resources for proper LCA education and use, and there are no common metrics agreed upon for reporting the results of LCAs for buildings. This thesis assesses the strengths and weaknesses of resources available to design practitioners for performing LCA, including a pilot credit in the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ratings system. A case study performs an LCA comparing two structural materials in an office building. The study aims to be as transparent and repeatable as possible, in order to set a good example on which to model future building LCAs. Based on the critical review of LCA resources and the lessons learned from the case study, eight key points are proposed for improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment projects. by Sophia Lisbeth Hsu. S.M. 2012-01-12T19:25:41Z 2012-01-12T19:25:41Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68414 768478161 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 71 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Hsu, Sophia Lisbeth Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| title | Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| title_full | Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| title_fullStr | Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| title_short | Improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| title_sort | improving the quality and transparency of building life cycle assessment |
| topic | Architecture. |
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