SOUST-VERDAGUER , Bernardette

El desarrollo de métodos y herramientas para la evaluación ambiental de edificios ha crecido significativamente durante los útlimos años. El Análisis del Ciclo de Vida (ACV) constituye una de las herramientas de evaluación cuantitativa más completas y complejas hacia la optimización ambiental de los edificios. En la serie de normas ISO 14040 e...

La sostenibilidad aplicada al espacio construido ha sido entendida en la práctica, como una estrategia de mejora en la eficiencia. Su evolución hacia visiones más cercanas a la ecología, cobran cada vez mayor intensidad. De esta manera el paradigma de la regeneración se presenta como una alternativa complementaria a la sostenibilidad, que pone...

Universidad de Sevilla. Máster en Ciudad y Arquitectura Sostenibles

Actualmente son diversas las evidencias que demuestran el daño que producen las actividades humanas en el medioambiente, donde la organización territorial y nuestra forma de vida juegan un papel fundamental. En la literatura especializada se reconoce como clave, para estos sistemas, el rol de los indicadores ambientales a la hora de evaluar los...

The use of wood and engineered wood products is today considered an opportunity for the mitigation of negative building environmental impacts, such as greenhouse gas emissions. However, the literature provides evidence that the quantification and generalization of the environmental benefits of wood during the whole building life cycle can be...

The construction sector is a major producer of greenhouse gas and waste. Several studies reveal the close relationship between the design phase and the reduction of environmental impacts caused during the life cycle of buildings, along with better economic and social performance. In order to achieve increasingly eco-efficient buildings, Life...

Existing studies provide evidence that buildings and the construction sector are the largest consumers of natural resources and carry the greatest responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reverse this situation, future challenges involve utilising the lowest amount of resources possible. To this end, building refurbishment has...

The existing environmental crisis demands increased efforts to design more sustainable buildings, which means the simultaneous balance between environmental preservation, economic growth, and social wellbeing. This challenging objective requires holistic methods that enable a comprehensive, multi-dimension, and quantitative approach such as...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is globally recognized as one of the most complete methods for environmental assessment of buildings. Literature assumes that its applications in the building sector are prejudiced regarding complexity and difficulty. However, simplification is necessary, since it can facilitate LCA application in buildings....

Varias medidas se están llevando a cabo en Uruguay para reducir las emisiones de CO2 a la atmósfera, entre las que destaca la modificación de la matriz energética. En estos últimos años más del 90% de la energía eléctrica que se produjo provino de fuentes renovables, tales como la eólica, la hidroenergía o la biomasa. A pesar de estos...

Current environmental problems arising from the building sector require tools to help reduce resource consumption and environmental impact. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely used tool to quantify the environmental impacts of the building sector. The literature recognizes the need to simplify the method application, especially to reduce...

The embodied impacts calculation is increasing attention in research, and the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the most widely recognised method for that purpose. To support architects and engineers in the use of LCA and to overcome the complexity of calculations in design stage practice, different frameworks for assessing building...

The building sector is responsible for 39% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; thus, it has a significant amount of potential to reduce the effects of climate change. Several active- and passive solutions and strategies have been developed and proposed in the literature. Among them, wood is highlighted as a promising solution to minimize GHG...

Recent international scientific studies have described the current situation regarding CO2 emissions and have provided evidence of its catastrophic short- and medium-term consequences. The implementation of solutions of a more sustainable nature to reduce and mitigate this situation is becoming increasingly urgent. To this end, the integration...

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a building involves the use of various types of information about the building, including the products, processes, and services related to the building throughout its life cycle. The modelling of the transport process can be complex and may be performed based on a variety of approaches and assumptions. With...

The construction sector plays an important role in moving towards a low-carbon economy. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is considered one of the most effective methods of analytically evaluating environmental profiles and an efficient tool for calculating the environmental impacts in building design-oriented methodologies, such as building...

Uno de los retos en los próximos años es alcanzar la descarbonización de la economía en 2050. Además, la digitalización del sector de la construcción fomenta el uso de tecnologías como el Building Information Modelling (BIM), siendo el Análisis de la Sostenibilidad de Ciclo de Vida (ASCV), uno de los métodos más consistentes para la evaluación...

The refurbishment of traditional vernacular architecture is currently of interest for the conservation of heritage, historic landscape and cultural landscape, as well as for its potential benefits in the field of environmental sustainability. The carefully selected materials and techniques used in the refurbishment of a traditional dwelling in...

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is an integrated method that combines environmental, economic, and social assessments. Its methodological development remains under discussion, mainly regarding the building design. This paper aims to provide a systematic, interoperable, and open-source approach towards implementing LCSA in Building...

Currently, Uruguay is developing several measures to reduce the environmental impact of human activities and CO2 emissions. In 2015 more than 90% of electricity was produced by renewable sources. Despite this fact, the construction, transport and building sectors are still responsible for more than 60% of CO2 emissions. Reducing building...

The current decarbonisation scenario demands a decrease in embodied and operational environmental impacts of buildings, wherein the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method and the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) play a crucial role. The main objective of EPDs is to provide validated and geographically representative data to conduct LCA,...

Los actuales retos de reducir drásticamente las emisiones de efecto invernadero exigen cambiar la forma de diseñar los edificios. En este contexto, los proyectos ODISEA y BIM-Zen han desarrollado una herramienta integrada en Building Information Modelling (BIM) denominada SMART BIM3LCA ENVELOPE, para la selección automatizada de elementos que...

Waste generated by the Construction Sector represents an environmental problem in many countries. To achieve increasingly eco-efficient waste management, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides an objective method for the quantification of the potential impact that waste management exerts on the environment. Traditionally, LCA has focused on the...