TY - GEN
T1 - Building envelopes
T2 - Architectural Engineering National Conference 2015: Birth and Life of the Integrated Building, AEI 2015
AU - Azari, Rahman
AU - Palomera-Arias, Rogelio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 ASCE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The key objective of the present study is to compare two types of building envelopes, glass curtain walls and insulated brick walls with windows, as applied on a hypothetical building case, with respect to their life-cycle energy and environmental impacts. An integrated energy and environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was applied to achieve the research objective. LCA analysis is accomplished in four stages: goal and scope definition, inventory modeling, impact assessment, and interpretation of results. The impacts were assessed in three categories of fossil fuel consumption, global warming, and ozone depletion. We conclude that a brick wall system with window primarily consisting of brick veneer, air gap, polystyrene insulation, concrete block and gypsum plasterboard will result in lower environmental impacts in all categories.
AB - The key objective of the present study is to compare two types of building envelopes, glass curtain walls and insulated brick walls with windows, as applied on a hypothetical building case, with respect to their life-cycle energy and environmental impacts. An integrated energy and environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was applied to achieve the research objective. LCA analysis is accomplished in four stages: goal and scope definition, inventory modeling, impact assessment, and interpretation of results. The impacts were assessed in three categories of fossil fuel consumption, global warming, and ozone depletion. We conclude that a brick wall system with window primarily consisting of brick veneer, air gap, polystyrene insulation, concrete block and gypsum plasterboard will result in lower environmental impacts in all categories.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784479070.021
DO - 10.1061/9780784479070.021
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84926455550
T3 - AEI 2015: Birth and Life of the Integrated Building - Proceedings of the AEI Conference 2015
SP - 230
EP - 236
BT - AEI 2015
A2 - Raebel, Christopher H.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 24 March 2015 through 27 March 2015
ER -
