Dynamic Holistic Life Cycle Assessment: Integrating Embodied and Operational Carbon, Energy, Water and wider ecosystem impacts

动态整体生命周期评估：整合碳、能源、水和更广泛的生态系统影响

• 批准号: 2714258
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2714258
• 关键词: Dynamic; Holistic; Life; Cycle; Assessment

Sustainability in the built environment has typically been framed in relation to the impacts of new buildings on their immediate surroundings without adequately considering the impacts remote from the project site but caused by the project.The industry is starting to look more holistically at the whole life carbon impacts of new construction projects and retrofits, but what would that look like if we explored other indicators of ecosystem health in the context of life cycle assessment methodologies? How could holistic life cycle assessment reduce energy use and carbon emissions as well as facilitate a circular economy and regenerative design?The focus of this research would be on the interplay between whole life carbon (integrating embodied and operational demand and supply impacts) and whole life energy, water, and other whole life ecosystem impacts of buildings and their associated infrastructure.This project aims to develop a new framework for life cycle assessment for new-build and retrofit building development projects in order to increase the applicability of life cycle assessment in driving action against climate change and ecosystem breakdown.Aspects to research and include:- Dynamic: temporal considerations such as grid decarbonisation and the time it takes for natural systems to regenerate- Holistic: expanding the range of indicators of ecosystem health such as water- Other inherent restrictions of existing Life Cycle Assessment methods, building on previous PhD students' findingsPilot testing of the framework will include consultation with industry and be supported by an impact assessment of real-world project(s) to stress test the framework learning, recommendations and next steps.

建筑环境的可持续性通常与新建筑对其周围环境的影响有关，而没有充分考虑项目现场以外但由项目引起的影响。该行业开始更全面地看待新建筑项目和改造的整个生命周期的碳影响，但是，如果我们在生命周期评估方法的背景下探讨生态系统健康的其他指标，情况又会如何呢？整体生命周期评估如何减少能源使用和碳排放，以及促进循环经济和再生设计？这项研究的重点将是整个生命碳之间的相互作用（综合体现和业务需求和供应的影响）和整个生命周期的能源，水，以及建筑物及其相关基础设施对整个生命周期生态系统的影响。本项目旨在为新建筑物的生命周期评估制定一个新框架，建立和改造建筑开发项目，以提高生命周期评估在推动应对气候变化和生态系统崩溃方面的适用性。研究的方面包括：-动态：时间因素，如电网脱碳和自然系统再生所需的时间-整体：扩大水等生态系统健康指标的范围-现有生命周期评估方法的其他固有限制，在以前的博士生发现的基础上，框架的试点测试将包括与行业的协商，并得到现实世界项目影响评估的支持压力测试框架的学习、建议和后续步骤。