Operational Guidance for Life Cycle Assessment studies on the Energy Efficient Buildings

• Title: Operational Guidance for Life Cycle Assessment studies on Energy Efficient Buildings
• Description: Provision of guidance, reporting templates, training materials and policy notes to support life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of energy efficient buildings and building products and help designing building LCA tools.
• Data Domain(s): Building Products, Energy
• Objectives: Produce expert guidance for conducting Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies for energy efficient buildings and building products
• Stakeholders: LCA practitioners, Building LCA Tool Developers
• Requirements:
• LD benefits:

1. Data Integration from different sources, for guiding LCA studies/research and designing building LCA tools
2. Provision of templates for the methodological report and results

• Challenges: Not every national context has its own generic or EPD database which could be a limit for the proper implementation of EeBGuide study types (e.g. for screening and complete LCA)
• Data is Processed during BLC Stage: Planning and Design and Retrofitting/Refurbishment/Reconfiguration
• Uses Data Generated During BLC Stage: Planning and Design, Construction, Operation, Retrofitting/Refurbishment/Reconfiguration, Demolition/Recycling
• Data Standards Used: ISO 14040-44, EN 15804, EN 15978
• Associated Projects: EeBGuide project
• External source(s): ILCD Handbook
• Use Case Description in BIM*Q Tool:
• Wiki contributors: Nick Kaklanis (CERTH)