Life Cycle Inventory Analysis of the Production of a High-performance Foam Blowing Agent HFC-245fa (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane)

McCulloch, Archie

doi:10.1177/0021955x09349130

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“…Deionized water-blowing agent data come from ecoinvent. Data for the HFC-245fa are based on stoichiometry and information from McCulloch (2009). Dimethylamine from ecoinvent was used for the amine catalyst, and the silicone surfactant was modeled using tetrachlorosilane as a proxy.…”

Section: Upstream Materials Production Through Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

Kneifel¹,

O'Rear²,

Lavappa³

et al. 2020

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Building stakeholders need practical metrics, data, and tools to support decisions related to sustainable building designs, technologies, standards, and codes. The Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has addressed this high priority national need by extending its metrics and tools for sustainable building products, known as Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES), to whole-buildings. A sustainability measurement system has been developed consisting of whole-building sustainability metrics that are based on innovative extensions to life-cycle assessment (LCA) and life-cycle costing (LCC) approaches involving whole-building energy simulations. The measurement system evaluates the sustainability of both the materials and the energy used by a building over time. It assesses the "carbon footprint" of buildings as well as 11 other environmental performance metrics, and integrates economic performance metrics to yield science-based measures of the business case for investment choices in high-performance green buildings. Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) applies the sustainability measurement system to an extensive whole-building performance database NIST has compiled for this purpose. Based on the NIST Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF), the BIRDS Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database includes energy, environmental, and cost measurements for 960 000 design variations of the NZERTF for Gaithersburg, MD for study periods up to 30 years. Focusing on a single location allows for the consideration of incremental building energy efficiency measures, both those specified in the most recent International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and those implemented in the NZERTF. Buildings designed to meet current energy codes can be compared to alternative building designs to determine the impacts of improving building energy efficiency on overall sustainability performance. This report describes the latest version of BIRDS (v4.1) including new options, namely natural gas-fired space and water heater equipment.

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Section: Upstream Materials Production Through Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

Kneifel¹,

O'Rear²,

Lavappa³

et al. 2020

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“…Deionized water blowing agent comes from ecoinvent. Data for the HFC 245fa are based on stoichiometry and information from (McCulloch 2009). Dimethylamine from ecoinvent was used for the amine catalyst, and the silicone surfactant was modeled using tetrachlorosilane as a proxy.…”

Section: Upstream Materials Production Through Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building industry reporting and design for sustainability (BIRDS) building code-based residential database technical manual: update

Kneifel¹,

O'Rear²,

Webb³

et al. 2018

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Building stakeholders need practical metrics, data, and tools to support decisions related to sustainable building designs, technologies, standards, and codes. The Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has addressed this high priority national need by extending its metrics and tools for sustainable building products, known as Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES), to whole buildings. Whole building sustainability metrics have been developed based on innovative extensions to life-cycle assessment (LCA) and life-cycle costing (LCC) approaches involving whole building energy simulations. The measurement system evaluates the sustainability of both the materials and the energy used by a building over time. It assesses the "carbon footprint" of buildings as well as 11 other environmental performance metrics, and integrates economic performance metrics to yield science-based measures of the business case for investment choices in high-performance green buildings. Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) applies the new sustainability measurement system to an extensive whole building performance database NIST has compiled for this purpose. The updated BIRDS residential building database includes energy, environmental, and cost measurements for 9120 new residential buildings, covering 10 single-family dwellings (5 one-story and 5 two-story of a various of conditioned floor area) in 228 cities across all U.S. states for study period lengths ranging from 1 year to 40 years. The sustainability performance of buildings designed to meet current state energy codes can be compared to their performance when meeting four alternative building energy standard editions to determine the impact of energy efficiency on sustainability performance. The impact of the building location and the investor's time horizon on sustainability performance (economic and environmental) can also be measured.

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“…Deionized water blowing agent comes from ecoinvent. Data for the HFC 245fa are based on stoichiometry and information from McCulloch (2010). Dimethylamine from ecoinvent was used for the amine catalyst, and the silicone surfactant was modeled using tetrachlorosilane as a proxy.…”

Section: Upstream Materials Production Through Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) New Residential Database Technical Manual

Kneifel¹,

Lavappa²,

O'Rear³

et al. 2015

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Building stakeholders need practical metrics, data, and tools to support decisions related to sustainable building designs, technologies, standards, and codes. The Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has addressed this high priority national need by extending its metrics and tools for sustainable building products, known as Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES), to whole buildings. Whole building sustainability metrics have been developed based on innovative extensions to life-cycle assessment (LCA) and life-cycle costing (LCC) approaches involving whole building energy simulations. The measurement system evaluates the sustainability of both the materials and the energy used by a building over time. It assesses the "carbon footprint" of buildings as well as 11 other environmental performance metrics, and integrates economic performance metrics to yield science-based measures of the business case for investment choices in high-performance green buildings.Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) applies the new sustainability measurement system to an extensive whole building performance database NIST has compiled for this purpose. The BIRDS new residential building database includes energy, environmental, and cost measurements for 9120 new residential buildings, covering 10 single-family dwellings (5 one-story and 5 two-story of a various of conditioned floor area) in 228 cities across all U.S. states for study period lengths ranging from 1 year to 40 years. The sustainability performance of buildings designed to meet current state energy codes can be compared to their performance when meeting four alternative building energy standard editions to determine the impact of energy efficiency on sustainability performance. The impact of the building location and the investor's time horizon on sustainability performance (economic and environmental) can also be measured.

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Life Cycle Inventory Analysis of the Production of a High-performance Foam Blowing Agent HFC-245fa (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane)

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

Building industry reporting and design for sustainability (BIRDS) building code-based residential database technical manual: update

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) New Residential Database Technical Manual

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