Strategies for optimizing the environmental profile of dwellings in a Belgian context : a consequential versus an attributional approach

Abstract: To date, many tools and guidelines to reduce environmental impacts from a life cycle perspective are available concerning the construction sector. However, basically all of them are modelled according to an attributional approach and there is a lack of studies that develop strategies for improvement based on a consequential LCA. The goal of this paper is to analyze to what extent the results differ when both models are applied on the same case, a representative dwelling located in Niel, Belgium. A conceptual optimization scenario for insulated exterior cladding has been added as well... Mehr ...