A Study of Life Cycle Assessment in two Old Neighbourhoods in Belgium

peer reviewed ; The aim of this research is to determine the most important source of environmental impacts caused by two old neighbourhoods. The study of multiple scenarios allows us to determine their Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) impacts and identify the key variables. The impact of storm water management, density, mobility, management of unoccupied space, and the use of renewable energies on the environmental balance sheet of two old neighbourhoods located in urban and suburban zones was quantified. The environmental data come from several interviews with occupants, ECOINVENT database, devel... Mehr ...