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D.N. Kaziolas¹, I. Zygomalas², G.E. Stavroulakis³ and C.C. Baniotopoulos⁴

¹Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Kavala, Greece
²Institute of Metal Structures, Department of Civil Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
³Institute of Computational Mechanics and Optimization
Department of Production Engineering and Management
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
⁴Institute of Metal Structures, Department of Civil Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
and Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Civil Engineering
The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

doi:10.4203/ccp.102.149

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D.N. Kaziolas, I. Zygomalas, G.E. Stavroulakis, C.C. Baniotopoulos, "Environmental Impact Assessment of the Life Cycle of a Timber Building", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 149, 2013. doi:10.4203/ccp.102.149

Keywords: timber structures, timber buildings, environmental impact, life cycle assessment.

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Timber construction offers a number of advantages in terms of sustainability in comparison with other construction technologies. This can partly be attributed to the fact that structural timber products often require less processing for their manufacturing compared to other construction products and their sustainability is therefore relatively increased. As a result, structures such as timber buildings are associated with increased sustainability potential and are therefore selected as sustainable solutions for the construction of housing, commercial or other types of building projects. The current research, described in this paper, is aimed at the quantification of the environmental impact caused by the construction of timber buildings. A case study is used as the basis for the calculations which take into account the whole life cycle of the timber building examined. A life cycle assessment is conducted and the environmental impact assessment results are calculated according to the Eco-Indicator 99 methodology. The interpretation of the results leads to conclusions regarding the level and type of environmental impact caused by the life cycle of timber building projects.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 102 PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING Edited by: Paper 149 Environmental Impact Assessment of the Life Cycle of a Timber Building D.N. Kaziolas¹, I. Zygomalas², G.E. Stavroulakis³ and C.C. Baniotopoulos⁴ ¹Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Kavala, Greece ²Institute of Metal Structures, Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ³Institute of Computational Mechanics and Optimization Department of Production Engineering and Management Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece ⁴Institute of Metal Structures, Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece and Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Civil Engineering The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom doi:10.4203/ccp.102.149 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper D.N. Kaziolas, I. Zygomalas, G.E. Stavroulakis, C.C. Baniotopoulos, "Environmental Impact Assessment of the Life Cycle of a Timber Building", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 149, 2013. doi:10.4203/ccp.102.149 Keywords: timber structures, timber buildings, environmental impact, life cycle assessment. Summary Timber construction offers a number of advantages in terms of sustainability in comparison with other construction technologies. This can partly be attributed to the fact that structural timber products often require less processing for their manufacturing compared to other construction products and their sustainability is therefore relatively increased. As a result, structures such as timber buildings are associated with increased sustainability potential and are therefore selected as sustainable solutions for the construction of housing, commercial or other types of building projects. The current research, described in this paper, is aimed at the quantification of the environmental impact caused by the construction of timber buildings. A case study is used as the basis for the calculations which take into account the whole life cycle of the timber building examined. A life cycle assessment is conducted and the environmental impact assessment results are calculated according to the Eco-Indicator 99 methodology. The interpretation of the results leads to conclusions regarding the level and type of environmental impact caused by the life cycle of timber building projects. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £65 +P&P)
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