TY - GEN
T1 - The Integration of Early Stage Life Cycle Analysis into Architectural Practice Through An IT Supported Process
AU - Sinclair, Catherine
AU - Alwan, Zaid
PY - 2024/7/17
Y1 - 2024/7/17
N2 - Within the construction industry, a variety of tools undertake Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), including OneClick LCA, Tally and others recently developed. Early design decisions provide the biggest opportunity to reduce the whole life carbon (WLC) of a design. A mixed methodology approach including software appraisals, questionnaires and literature reviews found that current LCA tools do not encourage a free flowing design process and cannot analyse early stage decisions for their carbon impact. Integrating BIM and LCA at early design stages, reviewing decisions, using modern computing techniques and automated analysis is essential to addressing and reducing impacts through the construction phases.
AB - Within the construction industry, a variety of tools undertake Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), including OneClick LCA, Tally and others recently developed. Early design decisions provide the biggest opportunity to reduce the whole life carbon (WLC) of a design. A mixed methodology approach including software appraisals, questionnaires and literature reviews found that current LCA tools do not encourage a free flowing design process and cannot analyse early stage decisions for their carbon impact. Integrating BIM and LCA at early design stages, reviewing decisions, using modern computing techniques and automated analysis is essential to addressing and reducing impacts through the construction phases.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203462006&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.35490/EC3.2024.273
DO - 10.35490/EC3.2024.273
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85203462006
SN - 9789083451305
T3 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Computing in Construction
SP - 894
EP - 901
BT - Proceedings of the 2024 European Conference on Computing in Construction
A2 - Srećković, Marijana
A2 - Kassem, Mohamad
A2 - Soman, Ranjith
A2 - Chassiakos, Athanasios
PB - European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3)
T2 - European Conference on Computing in Construction, EC3 2024
Y2 - 14 July 2024 through 17 July 2024
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