What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?:

Life cycle assessment is a cradle-to-grave or cradle-to-cradle analysis technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product and process.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA):

In the building industry, LCA is commonly used to: 

• Help building owners make informed choices regarding sustainability and/or resilience. 
• Evaluate design options by providing insight into materials choices and their environmental impacts.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Study:

*Embodied carbon savings of 22%, 14% and 5% is achieved by optimizing the WWR to 15%, 20% and 25% respectively from the considered design case WWR of 27% as base case.

Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

Life cycle costing is a method of economic analysis directed at all costs related to constructing, operating, and maintaining a construction project or equipment over a defined period of time.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Vs Life Cycle Costing Analysis (LCCA)

• The life cycle assessment focus is on the environmental impact of production, use and disposal of the buildings / products.
• The life cycle costing assessment centers around cost of construction, operation and maintenance over the study period.

Dr. Sonal Desai
Energy and Sustainability Consultant

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