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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Life cycle energy performances and environmental impacts of a prefabricated building module
Maurizio CelluraFrancesco GuarinoVincenzo AntonucciGiovanni TumminiaMarco FerraroSonia Longosubject
Architectural engineeringZero-energy buildingSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientalePrimary energybusiness.industryNZEBRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment020209 energyLCANet zero energy building02 engineering and technologyUSableEmergency situationsEdilizia sostenibileRenewable energyBuilding simulationLife cycle assessmentPrefabricated building0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringProduction (economics)Environmental sciencebusinessLife-cycle assessmentEnergy (signal processing)description
Abstract The paper explores the energy performances and environmental impacts of a prefabricated building module located in Messina (Sicily, Italy) through an approach that combines both the non-steady state building simulation and the Life Cycle Assessment methodology. The building uses renewable energy technologies and is usable in emergency situations or as simply temporary housing. Results show that the building module causes the emission of 1.5 t of CO2eq/m2 and consumes 29.2 GJ/m2 of primary energy during its life cycle. The building achieves the Net Zero Energy Building target even if it has relevant environmental impacts in the materials production stage (72% on average of the total impacts while the use stage reaches the 23% on average). The construction and the end-of-life stages give a marginal contribution to the total impacts, since they account for the 1% and the 3%, respectively.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-01 |