Life Cycle Assessment addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and techniques surrounding the use of life cycle assessment data and methods.

Architects and construction professionals must assume greater responsibility in helping building owners to understand the implications of making material, manufacturing, and assemblage decisions and therefore design to accommodate more ecological building. Life Cycle Assessment is a guide for architects, engineers, and builders, presenting the principles and art of performing life cycle...

This title addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and techniques surrounding the use of life cycle assessment data and methods. Architects and construction professionals must assume a larger responsibility in helping building owners to understand the implications of making material, manufacturing and assemblage decisions and therefore design to accommodate more ecological building. This book presents need to know information in the field of lifecycle studies in building, demonstrating the fundamental theory and practice and how this...