Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for American Residential Buildings
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In the Obama Era the“good or bad science” concept is vanishing. Now, it is pretty evident that our environment is being seriously deteriorated by human activity, and that we need to make as much as possible to preserve our planetary home. In this context, this work proposes a model to conduct the life cycle assessment of a U.S. residential building, from a construction materials and energy consumption standpoint. It illustrates three case studies in different U.S. Cities (Pittsburgh, San Antonio, and Ann Arbor). Direct and indirect environmental effects among the different economic sectors were assessed alongthe housing life throughout the on-line system “economic input-output life cycle assessment” (Carnegie Mellon). Construction characterization was done using an off-the-shelf tool (RSMeans). The on-line energy consumption estimator system “Home Energy Saver” (DOEПохожие книги
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