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This study focuses on the sustainable development of buildings through life cycle assessment (LCA), emphasizing the importance of embodied energy in construction. It presents a flexible framework to measure energy usage across various construction stages and highlights case studies on two Canadian buildings. The research also explores alternative building materials, such as low energy cement and timber, to reduce environmental impact and increase public awareness of sustainability in construction.

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Abstract Souvik Mondal

This study focuses on the sustainable development of buildings through life cycle assessment (LCA), emphasizing the importance of embodied energy in construction. It presents a flexible framework to measure energy usage across various construction stages and highlights case studies on two Canadian buildings. The research also explores alternative building materials, such as low energy cement and timber, to reduce environmental impact and increase public awareness of sustainability in construction.

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Sustainable Development of Building Material Using LCA

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Souvik Mondal, 2Saurav Kar, 3Prof. (Dr.) Anup Kumar Mondal
1
M.Tech Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Techno India University, Kolkata- 700091, West Bengal.
Email id: souvikdeara93@gmail.com
2
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata-700107, West Bengal
Email Id: sourav.kar@heritageit.edu
3
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Techno India University, Kolkata- 700091, West Bengal
Email Id: anupkm1960@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
The progress of this study is presented on the design and implementation of technology for
sustainable development of buildings using life cycle assessment (LCA). The paper summarises the
significance of life cycle assessment (LCA) for sustainable construction of new and existing
buildings. The work is conducted in various parts, the first part being the theory and methodology of
sustainable development using LCA. A flexible design and framework were developed to measure
the quantity of energy used in different stages of building construction.
The second path includes the study on embodied energy. Out of the three major stages of LCA
Study, the embodied energy of building materials is the most important part to be focused because it
contains around 30 – 35% of total building energy and not visible. The embodied energy is the
energy consumed during the construction of building, including mining, manufacturing and
transportation of building materials. The other stages include the operational and end of life energy
of building. The study explains the theory including its importance and its impact on buildings life
cycle.
The methodology was developed through two case studies on “Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Building”
& “Richmond Olympic Oval Building” in Canada, which was done to measure the embodied energy
used during the construction of these two buildings with proper impact assessments.
Another part of the study discusses about the construction material causing the most impact in the
environment and finding alternative use to reduce its effect. Low energy cement: Alkali-Activated
Cement (AAC) comprises of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS), soda ash and limestone,
are used in some parts of the world. This might lead our modern construction industry to different
direction. Like AACs, different kind of low carbon cement is practice widely in some parts of the
world. On the other hand, timber structure carries less embodied energy as compared with concrete
structures. The current study shows that there is an increase of public awareness of environmental
problems due to building construction. Therefore, LCA and embodied energy study is becoming very
common, helping future building constructions for sustainable development.
Keywords: Sustainable development, embodied energy, Life cycle assessment, ground granulated
blast furnace slag.

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