10.1007/978-3-030-77127-0
https://zenodo.org/records/5674896
oai:zenodo.org:5674896
978-3-030-77127-0
978-3-030-77126-3
Erwin M. Schau
Erwin M. Schau
InnoRenew Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Eva Prelovšek Niemelä
Eva Prelovšek Niemelä
InnoRenew Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Aarne Johannes Niemelä
Aarne Johannes Niemelä
InnoRenew Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Tatiana Abaurre Alencar Gavric
Tatiana Abaurre Alencar Gavric
InnoRenew Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Iztok Šušteršič
Iztok Šušteršič
InnoRenew Centre of Excellence (CoE)
Life Cycle Assessment Benchmark for Wooden Buildings in Europe
Springer
2021
2021-10-26
https://zenodo.org/communities/innorenew
https://zenodo.org/communities/eu
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Climate change and other environmental problems from the production of raw materials, construction, and end of life of buildings are serious concerns that need to be solved urgently. Life cycle assessment (LCA) and the EU-recommended Environmental Footprint (EF) are well-known and accepted tools to measure a comprehensive set of environmental impacts throughout a product’s life cycle. But to assess how good (or bad) a wooden building performs environmentally is still a challenge. In the EU Environmental Footprint [11] pilot phase from 2013 to 2018, an average benchmark for the different product groups was found to be very useful. Based upon the recommendations for a benchmark of all kinds of European dwellings, we developed a scenario of a typical European wooden building. The EU Environmental Footprint method covers 16 recommended impact categories and can be normalized and weighted into one single point for easy and quick comparisons. The results are presented as the average impact per one square meter (m2) of floor area over 1 year. The developed benchmark for wooden buildings is a suitable comparison point for new wooden building designs. The benchmark can be used by architects and designers early in the planning stages when changes can still be made to improve the environmental performance of wooden buildings or the communication and interpretation of LCA results for customers and other stakeholders.
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
739574
Renewable materials and healthy environments research and innovation centre of excellence