Life cycle assessment of a nearly zero-energy neighborhood in Belgium

peer reviewed ; Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is the most appropriate method to quantify scientifically the environmental and health impacts of buildings. The purpose of this research is to determine, at the neighborhood scale, the most important sources of buildings’ environmental impacts, based on twelve different environmental impacts including the health impact. This paper compares the impacts on the environment generated by an existing energy efficient neighbourhood, where all the buildings should be passive, and its transformation into a zero-energy district thanks to the addition of numerou... Mehr ...