TY - GEN
T1 - The use of life cycle assessment to achieve sustainable construction
AU - Ohiomah, Ifije
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Zwane, Thulisile
AU - Aghimen, Douglas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 ISEC Press.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study assesses the benefit of sustainable construction and the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the South African construction industry to achieve sustainable construction. The data used in this was derived from both primary and secondary resources. The primary data was collected through a questionnaire approach. The study revealed that LCA could be used for product comparison, product development, formulating of product eco-labels, evaluating construction processes and decision-making processes in the construction industry concerning materials. Furthermore, the study revealed that LCA has various strengths, challenges and weakness, this is due to the fact that there is a requirement of the high quality of knowledge and data when conducting a detailed LCA study. However, this study revealed that life cycle thinking is a cornerstone for developing policies and programs, which meet sustainability criteria and there is a great room for the development and use of LCA in the South African construction industry. Therefore, it is recommended that the South African Construction industry invest more in environmental tools such as LCA.
AB - This study assesses the benefit of sustainable construction and the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the South African construction industry to achieve sustainable construction. The data used in this was derived from both primary and secondary resources. The primary data was collected through a questionnaire approach. The study revealed that LCA could be used for product comparison, product development, formulating of product eco-labels, evaluating construction processes and decision-making processes in the construction industry concerning materials. Furthermore, the study revealed that LCA has various strengths, challenges and weakness, this is due to the fact that there is a requirement of the high quality of knowledge and data when conducting a detailed LCA study. However, this study revealed that life cycle thinking is a cornerstone for developing policies and programs, which meet sustainability criteria and there is a great room for the development and use of LCA in the South African construction industry. Therefore, it is recommended that the South African Construction industry invest more in environmental tools such as LCA.
KW - Construction industry
KW - Environmental impacts
KW - Long-term company policy
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085853025&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14455/isec.res.2019.206
DO - 10.14455/isec.res.2019.206
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85085853025
T3 - ISEC 2019 - 10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference
BT - ISEC 2019 - 10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference
A2 - Ozevin, Didem
A2 - Ataei, Hossein
A2 - Modares, Mehdi
A2 - Gurgun, Asli Pelin
A2 - Yazdani, Siamak
A2 - Singh, Amarjit
PB - ISEC Press
T2 - 10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, ISEC 2019
Y2 - 20 May 2019 through 25 May 2019
ER -
