Method and assessment decisions in the evaluation of the LCA-results of timber construction components

The increase of the application and interest in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies in the con-struction sector implies a parallel increase of responsibility. With LCA-results as an important additional deci-sion criteria for planers, the significance of the individual results shown gain more and more center stage. This paper discusses different aspects for LCA-planers regarding method and assessment decisions. This contribu-tion constitutes the relevant aspects regarding environmental impact, carbon storage and use of resources, es-pecially with the use of renewable resource based construction components. The LCA-results of the “dataholz.eu”-project provide the background data and argument stated in this paper.     «

The increase of the application and interest in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies in the con-struction sector implies a parallel increase of responsibility. With LCA-results as an important additional deci-sion criteria for planers, the significance of the individual results shown gain more and more center stage. This paper discusses different aspects for LCA-planers regarding method and assessment decisions. This contribu-tion constitutes the relevant aspects regarding environmental impact, c...     »