Abstract
The concept of sustainable building is usually related to environmental
characteristics although the social, economic and cultural indicators are of
substantial importance. Any building level assessment method is complex and
involves contradictory aspects; emphasizing the qualitative criteria only
increases confusion. In this paper, the perspectives of the sustainability
assessment of a whole building are presented based on the state-of-the art,
feasibility study on performance analysis and development of extended LCA for
buildings. Based on the case studies of building sustainability assessment
using various tools, the environmental indicators were shown to be often of
lesser importance than the other, soft ones. At the end, will be presented and
discussed the first steps in the development of a building sustainability
assessment method for Portuguese residential buildings.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Portugal SB'07: Sustainable Construction, Materials and Practices |
| Editors | Luís Bragança |
| Publisher | Universidade do Minho |
| Pages | 356-365 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-58603-785-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Sustainable Building Conference, Portugal SB07: Sustainable Construction, Materials and Practices: Challenge of the Industry for the New Millennium - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 12 Sept 2007 → 14 Sept 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | Sustainable Building Conference, Portugal SB07 |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Lisbon |
| Period | 12/09/07 → 14/09/07 |
Keywords
- Sustainability
- construction
- evaluation
- Life-Cycle-Analysis
