Sustainability assessment of circular building alternatives : consequential LCA and LCC for internal wall assemblies as a case study in a Belgian context

Abstract: In construction, the focus of research and policy on sustainability broadened from reducing the energy consumption of a building in use, to a comprehensive sustainability strategy considering the building's entire life cycle. However, the implementation of life cycle thinking (and its operational counterpart the circular economy) in combination with an objective sustainability evaluation is still in its infancy. Therefore, the aim of this study is twofold. First, it is illustrative for the quantified assessment of the potential environmental and financial benefits and burdens of intr... Mehr ...