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An Index of Completeness (IoC) of Life Cycle Assessment: Implementation in the Building Sector
Journal of Cleaner Production ( IF 11.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-16 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124672
Yahong Dong , Peng Liu , Md Uzzal Hossain , Yuan Fang , Yan He , Hongyang Li

Over the past three decades, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been increasingly employed to evaluate the environmental impacts of products and buildings. However, the reliability of LCA is frequently weakened by the practice of arbitrary omission of processes and materials and the problem of insufficient data, both leading to inconsistencies in the LCA results. This study proposes an Index of Completeness (IoC) to account for the completeness of an LCA study for a variety of impact categories. An IoC calculation tool is developed to cover the entire life cycle of buildings, including stages of product, construction, use and end-of-life as well as the benefits from recycling and reuse. The IoC helps to identify and remove the inconsistencies in LCA and to enhance its comparability. Residential building projects are tested as case studies. It is found that the IoCs of most impact categories are as high as 98%-99%, whereas of the category of human toxicity the IoC is 85%, mainly due to the fact that plywood formwork was not included in the original model. Sensitivity analysis reveals that dataset changes in an LCA model can not only affect the impact assessment results, but also possibly have influence on the completeness of the LCA model. The LCA practitioners are suggested to combine the newly developed IoCs with the standard four phases of LCA when applying to complex products. Future research should focus on case studies implementing the IoC calculation tool, inclusion of more impact categories in the IoC model, and continuing development to include other complex products.



中文翻译:

生命周期评估的完整性指数(IoC):在建筑行业中的实施

在过去的三十年中,生命周期评估(LCA)已越来越多地用于评估产品和建筑物对环境的影响。然而,LCA的可靠性经常由于工艺和材料的任意遗漏以及数据不足的问题而被削弱,这两者均导致LCA结果不一致。这项研究提出了完整性指数(IoC),以说明针对各种影响类别的LCA研究的完整性。开发了一种IoC计算工具,涵盖了建筑物的整个生命周期,包括产品,建造,使用和寿命终止的阶段,以及回收和再利用的收益。IoC有助于识别和消除LCA中的不一致之处,并增强其可比性。将对住宅建筑项目进行案例研究测试。发现大多数影响类别的IoC高达98%-99%,而在人类毒性类别中,IoC为85%,这主要是由于原始模型不包括胶合板模板这一事实。敏感性分析表明,LCA模型中的数据集更改不仅会影响影响评估结果,而且可能会对LCA模型的完整性产生影响。当应用于复杂产品时,建议LCA从业者将新开发的IoC与LCA的标准四个阶段结合起来。未来的研究应侧重于实施IoC计算工具的案例研究,在IoC模型中包含更多影响类别以及继续开发以包括其他复杂产品。而在人类毒性类别中,IoC为85%,这主要是由于原始模型不包含胶合板模板。敏感性分析表明,LCA模型中的数据集更改不仅会影响影响评估结果,而且可能会对LCA模型的完整性产生影响。当应用于复杂产品时,建议LCA从业者将新开发的IoC与LCA的标准四个阶段结合起来。未来的研究应侧重于实施IoC计算工具的案例研究,在IoC模型中包含更多影响类别以及继续开发以包括其他复杂产品。而在人类毒性类别中,IoC为85%,这主要是由于原始模型不包含胶合板模板。敏感性分析表明,LCA模型中的数据集更改不仅会影响影响评估结果,而且可能会对LCA模型的完整性产生影响。当应用于复杂产品时,建议LCA从业者将新开发的IoC与LCA的标准四个阶段结合起来。未来的研究应侧重于实施IoC计算工具的案例研究,在IoC模型中包含更多影响类别以及继续开发以包括其他复杂产品。敏感性分析表明,LCA模型中的数据集更改不仅会影响影响评估结果,而且可能会对LCA模型的完整性产生影响。当应用于复杂产品时,建议LCA从业者将新开发的IoC与LCA的标准四个阶段结合起来。未来的研究应侧重于实施IoC计算工具的案例研究,在IoC模型中包含更多影响类别以及继续开发以包括其他复杂产品。敏感性分析表明,LCA模型中的数据集更改不仅会影响影响评估结果,而且可能会对LCA模型的完整性产生影响。当应用于复杂产品时,建议LCA从业者将新开发的IoC与LCA的标准四个阶段结合起来。未来的研究应侧重于实施IoC计算工具的案例研究,在IoC模型中包含更多影响类别以及继续开发以包括其他复杂产品。

更新日期:2020-10-17
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