10 projects found
Facilitating reuse through the calibration of the reuse indicator previously developed by Ambroise Lachat, the assessment of the potential of objects to be reused, and the characterisation of the residual properties of
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Integrating bio-based materials into the eco-design of buildings by refining their environmental assessment through prospective life-cycle assessment and energy-simulation methods.
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Improving life-cycle assessment methods in order to evaluate more accurately the environmental impacts of bio-based construction materials and to support their integration into sustainable construction.
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Taking into account indoor air quality in buildings’ life cycle assessments is a means of designing buildings with a reduced impact on occupants.
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The physical characterisation of features of existing building structures will make it possible to consider their conventional reuse and the environmental assessment of conventional reuse via the life-cycle assessment
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The eco-design of zero-energy buildings involves the identification of optimal solutions, in reasonable calculation times, resulting from the analysis of several performance criteria, more influential parameters and
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An optimisation procedure will be used to complete the environmental assessment of a block of buildings while reducing economic costs and the overall impact on the environment.
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The trips generated by a neighbourhood are quantified and characterised using models for forecasting transport demand. The environmental impacts associated with these trips are then estimated using an LCA-type approach
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This thesis focuses on the development of the life-cycle assessment of buildings in the Chinese context. It also made it possible to supplement the existing dynamic energy simulation tool by integrating a seasonal
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A simplified life-cycle assessment tool will allow decision makers to assess the sustainability of urban agriculture projects and guide the design and management of these projects.
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