Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment by Robert Crawford (English) Hard

Description: Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment by Robert Crawford Life cycle assessment enables the identification of a broad range of potential environmental impacts occurring across the entire life of a product, from its design through to its eventual disposal or reuse. The need for life cycle assessment to inform environmental design within the built environment is critical, due to the complex range of materials and processes required to construct and manage our buildings and infrastructure systems.After outlining the framework for life cycle assessment, this book uses a range of case studies to demonstrate the innovative input-output-based hybrid approach for compiling a life cycle inventory. This approach enables a comprehensive analysis of a broad range of resource requirements and environmental outputs so that the potential environmental impacts of a building or infrastructure system can be ascertained. These case studies cover a range of elements that are part of the built environment, including a residential building, a commercial office building and a wind turbine, as well as individual building components such as a residential-scale photovoltaic system.Comprehensively introducing and demonstrating the uses and benefits of life cycle assessment for built environment projects, this book will show you how to assess the environmental performance of your clients projects, to compare design options across their entire life and to identify opportunities for improving environmental performance. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography 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. Table of Contents 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 Details ISBN041555795X Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2011 ISBN-10 041555795X ISBN-13 9780415557955 Format Hardcover Short Title LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT IN THE B Language English Media Book DEWEY 624.18 Publication Date 2011-03-08 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 248 UK Release Date 2011-03-08 AU Release Date 2011-03-08 NZ Release Date 2011-03-08 Imprint Routledge Author Robert Crawford Alternative 9780367576981 Illustrations 81 Tables, black and white; 49 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117220169;

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