Building Life-cycle Assessment

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Recommended reading

1. The AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects (Three Parts)
2. AIA Guide to Building Life Cycle Assessment in Practice
3. Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice
4. Bahramian, M. and Yetilmezsoy, K., 2020. Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018). Energy and Buildings, 219, p.109917.

Selected LCA Tools

• ATHENA Impact Estimator
• BEES
• Embodied Carbon in Construction (EC3) Calculator