Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment

ISBN-13: 9780367576981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str.

Robert Crawford

Opis

Against a backdrop of environmental standards becoming increasingly stringent, and the growing environmental consciousness of clients, the importance of life cycle assessment to those working in the built environment has increased dramatically. After outlining the framework for life cycle assessment, this book uses a r

Spis treści

1. Global Environmental Issues and the Built Environment  2. Towards a Sustainable Built Environment  3. Life Cycle Assessment  4. Quantifying Environmental Impacts in the Built Environment  5. Case Studies: Examples of Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment  6. Opportunities for Reducing the Environmental Impact of the Built Environment

O autorze

Robert H. Crawford is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. He has broad research expertise in sustainable design and construction within the built environment, the development and application of life cycle assessment and the environmental assessment of renewable energy technologies. He is also an expert in modelling indirect environmental impacts.