Review of tools to assist in the selection of sustainable building assemblies
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.11.048Keywords:
Sustainable building, building environmental assessment tools, life cycle analysis, materials selection, building assemblies selectionAbstract
This paper presents a survey of the state-of-the-art in tools to assist in the selection of sustainable building assemblies based on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). The tools are analysed to identify the characteristics that make them suitable to assist in the early phases of design. In a first phase of analysis, the existing tools are classified. In a second phase of analysis, the tools found to be more suitable to assist in building design are further analysed, by describing their advantages and limitations. In conclusion, a list of guidelines for the development of a Spanish tool to assist building designers in the selection of sustainable building assemblies is proposed.
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