2021
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-021-01919-9
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Influence of technical and electrical equipment in life cycle assessments of buildings: case of a laboratory and research building

Abstract: Purpose A detailed assessment of the environmental impacts of the building requires a substantial amount of data that is time- and effort-consuming. However, limitation of the system boundary to certain materials and components can provide misleading impact calculation. In order to calculate the error gap between detailed and simplified assessments, the purpose of this article is to present a detailed calculation of the environmental impacts of the building by including in the system boundary, th… Show more

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“…Especially technical and electrical equipment are often neglected in LCAs. [29] show significant differences between a simplified and a very detailed LCA for an office building case study. Thus, we propose to use a correction procedure to the LCA results with lacking detail in the calculations.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 90%
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“…Especially technical and electrical equipment are often neglected in LCAs. [29] show significant differences between a simplified and a very detailed LCA for an office building case study. Thus, we propose to use a correction procedure to the LCA results with lacking detail in the calculations.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Thus, we propose to use a correction procedure to the LCA results with lacking detail in the calculations. [29] use an office building at a university as a case study. The detailed LCA accounts for embodied emissions that are 66% higher than the simplified version, with the largest gaps happening in life cycle stages A1-A3 (electrical and technical equipment, internal walls) and B4 (replacement of electrical and technical equipment).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The system boundaries include the product stages (A1-A3), the construction process (A4-A5), replacement (B4), operational energy use (B6), and the end-of-life stages ). The distances used in A4 are based on transportation data from a recently completed building project in Austria [13]. The A5 and C1 modules are roughly calculated using typical ratios of the product stages (respectively 5% and 2%) [14].…”
Section: Life Cycle Assessment (Lca)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In general, the more complete the model, the higher the resulting potential impacts and resource uses from the assessed building (see e.g. [10]). The specific regulatory and practice context can influence the material scope applied.…”
Section: How Much Of the Building Scope To Include?mentioning
confidence: 99%