Life cycle assessment of building materials: Comparative analysis of energy and environmental impacts and evaluation of the eco-efficiency improvement potential |
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| Authors: | Ignacio Zabalza Bribiá n,Antonio Valero CapillaAlfonso Aranda Usó n |
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| Affiliation: | CIRCE - Centre of Research for Energy Resources and Consumption, Campus Río Ebro–University of Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor Gómez, 15 - 50018 Zaragoza, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The building industry uses great quantities of raw materials that also involve high energy consumption. Choosing materials with high content in embodied energy entails an initial high level of energy consumption in the building production stage but also determines future energy consumption in order to fulfil heating, ventilation and air conditioning demands. |
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| Keywords: | LCA Building materials Embodied energy Eco-efficiency |
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