SRT112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Embodied Energy, Life-Cycle Assessment

• School: Deakin University
• Department: Science, Engineering and Built Environment
• Course: SRT112
• Professor: Tom Keel

Document Summary

There are 4 housing environmental considerations namely: embodied energy (manufacture, including extraction of material, transportation to site, installation etc. ) In-use energy (includes ongoing energy use for heating, refurbishment/renovation etc. ) Locational energy travel time related to the site: disposal (demolish) /reuse energy (includes equipment to replace and remove material, revamp material for reuse etc. ) Bmas (building material assessment system), based on life-cycle analysis, has been developed to compare the relative ecological impacts of various types of wall, floor and roof assemblies.