Research Project on Sustainable Construction and Life Cycle Assessment

This research project investigates the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in sustainable construction, focusing on minimizing the environmental impact of building materials. The study examines the LCA process, its phases, and its role in providing thermal insulation, comparing different building structures. The research aims to analyze the impact of insulation materials on the environment, identifying factors that reduce the impact of building materials and proposing solutions. The research is motivated by the need for green building construction sites with minimal environmental impact. The study also reviews existing literature and presents a conceptual model, research methodology (including interviews, questionnaires, and surveys), and empirical analysis to support its findings. The research highlights the benefits of Rockwool as an insulation material, emphasizing its sustainability and efficiency. Limitations include the scope of energy reduction analysis and the lack of consideration for environmental impacts of energy usage. The project concludes with major contributions, future research directions, and statistical reports from construction and school management teams.

TITLE:
Research Project on Sustainable Construction

OVERVIEW
 The life cycle assessment program is used for
analyzing the impact on environment of the
material used for constructing a building
 The consumption of energy is used for selecting
the material for building to achieve sustainable
development
 The life cycle assessment process is used for
analyzing the construction building
 The green environment can be developed by
utilizing the life cycle assessment process.
 The comparison process is deployed for
analysing the thermal insulation in school
management and construction site.

PROBLEM DOMAIN AND RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
The focus of the study is to identifies the efficiency
of the life cycle assessment process in minimizing
the impact of building material on the
environment.
 How the LCA process helps in reducing the
impact of building material on the environment?
 What are the phases of LCA which are used in
providing thermal insulation to the building?
 What are the comparison in insulation provided
to the different building structure
 How the impact of insulation material can be
minimized with the use of LCA?

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
 The objective of the research program is to
analyze the impact of insulation material on
the environment.
 It helps in analyzing the factors which play a
key role in reducing impact of building
material on environment.
 The proposal of remedial solution to minimize
its impact on the environment
 Comparison report helps in analyzing the
impact of different building material on the
environment.

RESEARCH MOTIVATION
The motivation of the research study is to
develop a green building construction site
which does not have any ill-effect on the
sustainability of the environment.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
STUDY
 The objective of the research program is to
analyze the impact of insulation material on
the environment.
 Life cycle assessment process is used for
handling the comparison report on school
management program and construction site.
 This study helps in getting a substantial basis
for making the claims that, till date,
Rockwool’s potential is found out to be the
most enhanced and efficiency effective in
terms of sustainability and ecofriendly
development.

LIMITATION AND CONSTRAINTS
 It can be concluded that, instead of spending
time and resource on any other present solution,
the future research must be concentrated on
this particular product and more research is
needed to be focused on the use of Rockwool
and the ways to further enhance its application,
along with some other ways to find a solution
much better than this at present.
 It is thus advised to future researchers that,
enhancement, alternative and improvement in
the field of Rockwool and its applications must
be highest order of priority, for the researches
to come in the field of Insulated Building.

LITERATURE REVIEW
 (Korjenic, Zach & Hroudová, 2016) stated that the field of
civil engineering is contributing towards the building the
buildings by making use of materials that are
environment-friendly. These materials also have great
properties in its end use along with the affordable price.
 (Tetlow et al., 2017) investigates the impact of silica with
the innovation of the Vacuum insulated panel core. It has
been stated that the performance of the high building has
a great attraction towards the investment in the
production field that aims at reducing the cost of the
materials used in the buildings.
 (Berardi & Naldi, 2017) aimed at quantifying the influence
of temperature dependency on the thermal conductivity of
exterior walls of building including flat roofs. For this to
carry out, the data was experimented on a range of
temperature for various insulating materials.

CONTINUED…………
 (Won, Lee, Park & Nam, 2016) bonded rigid urethane
board to external outward of orthodox impurities to
ensure that sufficient strength is provided to the
concrete structures in extremely cold weathers.
 (Matalkah et al., 2017) developed a sandwich
composite as a structural unit for constructing the
buildings with the insulating material. The material
used were chicken mesh and the burlap. The tension
test was used to determine the performance of the
material.
 ((Hadded, Benltoufa, Fayala & Jemni, 2016) determined
the thermal conductivity of the material with the help
of the Box method that is equipped with the flash. The
thermal diffusivity was evaluated with the parker
equation along with the Degiovanni equation.

CONTINUED…………
 (Kumar, Saboor & Babu, 2017) aimed to present the
performance of the buildings in terms of thermal conductivity
through utilization of the various building material used in five
different climatic regions of the different zones of the India.
 (Rostam, Mahdavinejad & Rostam, 2015) reviewed the
traditional thermal insulating materials being used currently
in the construction industry and explained the benefits of
using the Nano- insulation materials. Additionally, the modern
approach and challenges of the commercial usage of the
Nano-materials was also presented.
 (Cetiner & Shea, 2018) examined the waste wood material as
a natural fiber experimentally to finds its suitability as the
construction material to be used in the buildings as a thermal
insulating material. The material used was a wood waste from
the production units using the material which is untreated.
The result showed that the thermal conductivity of the natural
fiber ranges from the 0.048 to 0.055 W/Mk.

CONTINUED……….
 (Ricciu, Besalduch, Galatioto & Ciulla, 2018) defines the characterization of insulating
material. A review is conducted to calculate the heat capacity of various material that
are used for Insulating purpose. It aimed to provide the thermal behavior of the
insulated material that is lightweight and their effects on energy comfort.
 (Garcia-Ceballos, et.al., 2018) defines that the life cycle assessment of the insulated
building offers a standard framework for the evaluation of the of the environment
conditions on a product and the process of building.
 (Kylili & Fokaides, 2017) provided an overview on the existing policies of Europe for
the construction of building and the materials used in them. The comparative
assessment was built against the elements of the efforts that enables the
responsiveness of the European Union in successful enactment of the policies that
ensures the sustainability of the environment currently and for future improvements.
 (Braiek & Karkri, 2017) aimed at developing a new composite material for reducing
the energy consumption of the building.
 (Zach & Hroudová, 2013) presented the advantages and disadvantages of using the
insulating material in building construction. With the effect of the European Union
policies, it has become mandatory to tale effective measures in reducing the energy
consumption by using insulating materials in the constructions as well as
reconstruction of the buildings.
 (Bernard & Cucek, 2017) identify the compatibility of various materials that are used
for insulating purpose. The energy emission of building can be reduced by using the
insulating materials.

CONCEPTUAL MODEL