COSC 335: Life Cycle Assessment in Building Construction

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Life Cycle Assessment from a coupled energy-carbon-water (ECW) nexus perspective; key LCA concepts; the LCA process; LCA standards; application of LCA approaches and software to assess the energy, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water, and other environmental impacts of building construction industry at the material and whole building levels; study and analysis of factors relating to material and assembly choices, site logistics, on-site and off-site construction and/or fabrication processes, additive construction (large-scale 3D printing), and construction and demolition waste to reduce the energy use, GHG emissions, and water use; analysis and comparison of LCA results of process-based and macro-economic model-based Life Cycle Inventory (LCI).Prerequisites:Junior or senior classification.