Author(s)

E. Costanzo & P. Neri

Abstract

The construction sector has a key part in EU sustainable development policies, also owing to the economic incidence and the reduction potential of CO2 emissions. Certification schemes on energy consumptions due to the operational heating demand of buildings are spreading nowadays. On the contrary, the analysis and study of other life stages and environmental aspects appear to be more complicated and slower. The most recent international assessment and ecodesign tools of building sustainability use a Life Cycle Approach (LCA): from raw materials acquirement, to product manufacture, delivery, construction, installation and assembly into work, use, disassembly, di

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