Life-cycle assessment
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Joint interview: ecodesign applied to off-site construction
Forward-planning, cost control and performance management: the specific expertise and benefits of off-site construction are also an opportunity to improve a building’s environmental footprint. The design phase is
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In pictures: the many faces of urban agriculture
As the number of urban agriculture projects is on the rise, there is a need to consider economic, environmental, food-related, regulatory and sustainability challenges. This trend comes in many different shapes and a
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Including indoor air quality into buildings’ life cycle assessments
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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Researcher
Rachna Bhoonah
After graduating with a Master’s degree in renewable energies from Université PSL and following a year’s experience in ecodesign consulting, Rachna Bhoonah began her thesis within the Ecodesign of buildings and
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[Position paper] Dynamic life cycle assessment explained
A “simplified” dynamic approach was proposed under the 2020 French environmental regulation (RE2020). This shift in methodology opens the debate on the shortcomings of static LCA that can be overcome through a
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Researcher
Ambroise Lachat
Ambroise Lachat is an engineer who graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat. Specialising in sustainable building issues, he completed his end-of-study internship on the problems surrounding