EA4301 Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings Syllabus:
EA4301 Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To enable an understanding of life-cycle analysis as a means to achieving sustainable buildings and the various tools to assess the same
UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY
History of LCA, Aspects of LCA, variants of LCA, Life cycle stages, end of life, Functional unit, System boundary, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data base, Life Cycle Management (LCM), Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA), Carbon Accounting.
UNIT II LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT IN BUILDING INDUSTRY
Material level, Product Level, building level, Industry level, LCA and Design process, Pre-design, Schematic Design and Design Development Stage. LCA process and impact categories: Inventory Analysis, Impact assessment, interpretation, Different impact categories like Global Warming Potential (GWP), Acidification Potential (AP), Eutrophication Potential (EP), Smog Formation Potential, Fossil fuel and Ozone Depletion Potential.
UNIT III DIFFERENT TOOLS FOR LCA
Configuration of a tool, Classification of tools, Impact estimator and eco-calculator, Building for Economic and Environmental Sustainability (BEES), International LCA Tools, Related tools, Green footsteps & eco-friendly applications. Guidelines to integrate: LCA with design and evaluation, Different Scenarios of use of LCA, Sustainability targets, Selection of a LCA tools, LCIA
UNIT IV GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS SELECTION
Figure of Merit (FOM), Parameter selection for FOM, Selection based on FOM, Building into components-three phase building breaking down a materials, Criteria for material selection
UNIT V LIFE CYCLE COSTING (LCC) TOOL
Component characteristics of an element group, Input for energy Calculation, LCC calculations conduct of LCI and LCC calculations, Selective Assessment, Normalization and Weighing Factors LCA and LCC for different materials. Case studies- Two and Three variants of a house, office building, retrofitting buildings
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 Understand all aspects of Life Cycle analysis of a building.
CO2 To be able to analyze building Life Cycle with respect to sustainability.
CO3 Understanding the criteria for selecting building materials
CO4 Ability to critically analyses buildings with respect to Bio-climatic and GRIHA/LEED related.
REFERENCES:
1. A. Kapur and T.E. Graedel: Industrial Ecology. Encyclopedia of Energy, Volume 3, 2004.
2. Environmental life cycle analysis by David Ciambrone, CRC-Press 1997.
3. Life-cycle analysis of energy systems from methodology to applications, by Bent Sorensen, Published by Royal Society of Chemistry, June 2011.
4. Lifecycle Assessment: Principles and Practice Chapter 1.
5. R. A. Frosch and N. E. Gallopoulos: Strategies for Manufacturing, Scientific American 261 (3), 144-152 1989.