Sustainable constructions: building materials, certifications and LCA

Current environmental conditions demand revaluating the professional practice of architecture, urbanism and building construction. To serve that purpose, the article presents various certifications granted throughout the world to help the professionals above mentioned to put up “green” structures; other specifications for building materials to be considered “sustainable”; and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) techniques to analyze constructions’ cradle-to-grave behavior, for measuring building’s environmental impact as well as corroborating its sustainability.

• Autores: Rocha-Tamayo, Eduardo
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad Antonio Nariño
• Repositorio: Repositorio UAN
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/5546
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/64; http://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/5546
• Palabra clave: Green buildings; environmental impact; sustainable building materials; Edificios verdes; impacto ambiental; materiales sostenibles
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)