• Comparison of the environmental assessment of an identical office building with national methods 

      Frischknecht, Rolf; Birgisdottir, Harpa; Chae, C-U; Lutzkendorf, Thomas; Passer, Alexander; Alsema, E; Balouktsi, Maria; Berg, B; Dowdell, D; García Martínez, A; Habert, G; Hollberg, A; König, H; Lasvaux, S; Llatas, C; Nygaard Rasmussen, Freja; Peuportier, Bruno; Ramseier, L; Röck, M; Soust Verdaguer, B; Szalay, Z; Bohne, Rolf André; Bragança, L; Longo, S; Lupisek, Antonin; Martel, J; Mateus, R; Ouellet-Plamondon, C; Pomponi, F; Ryklová, P; Trigaux, D; Yang, W (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The IEA EBC Annex 72 focuses on the assessment of the primary energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of buildings during production, construction, use (including repair and replacement) and end ...
    • Comparison of the greenhouse gas emissions of a high-rise residential building assessed with different national LCA approaches– IEA EBC Annex 72 

      Frischknecht, Rolf; Ramseier, L; Yang, W; Birgisdottir, Harpa; chae, ch u; Lutzkendorf, Thomas; Passer, Alexander; baloutski, m; Berg, B; Bragança, L; Butler, J; Cellura, M.; Dixit, MS; Dowdell, D; francart, nicholas; García Martínez, A; Gomes, Vanessa; Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth; Konig, H.; Llatas, C; Longo, S; Lupisek, Antonin; Martel, J; Mateus, R; Nygaard Rasmussen, Freja; Ouellet-Plamondon, C; Peuportier, Bruno; Pomponi, Francesco; rock, martin; Satola, Daniel; Soust Verdaguer, B; Szalay, Z; Truong Nhu, a; Veselka, j; Volf, M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Introduction: The international research project IEA EBC Annex 72 investigates the life cycle related environmental impacts caused by buildings. The project aims inter alia to harmonise LCA approaches on buildings. Methods: ...
    • Existing benchmark systems for assessing global warming potential of buildings – Analysis of IEA EBC Annex 72 cases 

      Rasmussen, Freya; Trigaux, D; Alsema, E; Balouktsi, Maria; Birgisdottir, Harpa; Bohne, Rolf André; Dixit, M; Dowdell, D; Francart, N; Frischknecht, Rolf; Foliente, Greg; Lupisek, Antonin; Lutzkendorf, T; Malmqvist, Tove; García Martínez, A; Ouellet-Plamondon, C; Passer, Alexander; Peuportier, B; Ramseier, L; Satola, Daniel; Seo, S; Szalay, Z; Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly being used as a tool by the building industry and actors to assess the global warming potential (GWP) of building activities. In several countries, life cycle based requirements ...
    • Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use 

      Jolliet, Olivier; Antón, Assumpció; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Levasseur, Annie; McKone, Thomas E.; Michelsen, Ottar; Milà i Canals, Llorenç; Motoshita, Masaharu; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca; Vigon, Bruce; Frischknecht, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Guidance is needed on best-suited indicators to quantify and monitor the man-made impacts on human health, biodiversity and resources. Therefore, the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative initiated a global consensus ...
    • LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative 

      Verones, Francesca; Bare, Jane; Bulle, Cecile; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew; Jolliet, Olivier; Laurent, Alexis; Liao, Xun; Lindner, Jan Paul; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Michelsen, Ottar; Patouillard, Laure; Pfister, Stephan; Posthuma, Leo; Prado, Valentina; Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Sala, Serenella; Ugaya, Cassia; Vieira, Marisa; Fantke, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Increasing needs for decision support and advances in scientific knowledge within life cycle assessment (LCA) led to substantial efforts to provide global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) ...
    • Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment 

      Mutel, Christopher; Liao, Xun; Patouillard, Laure; Bare, Jane; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Jolliet, Olivier; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Laurent, Alexis; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Regionalized life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) has rapidly developed in the past decade, though its widespread application, robustness, and validity still face multiple challenges. Under the umbrella of UNEP/SETAC ...