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Life Cycle Assessment of alveolar brick construction system incorporating phase change materials (PCMs)

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    Identifier: imarina:9285241
  • Authors:

    Castell A
    Menoufi K
    de Gracia A
    Rincón L
    Boer D
    Cabeza LF
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Castell A; Menoufi K; de Gracia A; Rincón L; Boer D; Cabeza LF
    Department: Enginyeria Mecànica
    URV's Author/s: Boer, Dieter-Thomas
    Keywords: Weather conditions Using life Thermal energy storage (tes) Thermal energy Spain Phase change materials (pcms) Phase change materials Performance Overall benefit Operational phase Meteorology Manufacturing phase Manufacturing Life cycle assessment (lca) Life cycle analysis Life cycle Lca Insulation materials Heating Heat storage Global impacts Environmental impact Energy utilization Energy efficiency Energy consumption rates Energy conservation Cooling Construction systems Construction industry Components Climatization Climatic conditions Climate conditions Buildings Building-materials Brick
    Abstract: An evaluation of the environmental impact of construction systems that are composed of facades based on alveolar bricks and macroencapsulated phase change materials done using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is presented. Their energy consumption rates for both heating and cooling have been measured and registered in two experimental cubicles located in Puigverd de Lleida (Spain). This work examines if the reduction of the environmental impact that is reached due to the energy savings achieved during the operational phase of these cubicles compensates the increase of the environmental impact that is induced during the manufacturing phase. Theoretical case studies, such as assuming different climatization and weather conditions, are proposed and studied to determine the most suitable climatic conditions for using the alveolar bricks and PCM technologies. Within the context of the LCA study, it is concluded that the overall benefit of PCM is the highest when summer weather conditions throughout the whole year is theoretically assumed, where for different assumed lifetime periods of the cubicles the reduction of the overall global impact of the cubicle containing PCM ranges from 12% to 14% in comparison to the other cubicle without PCM. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
    Thematic Areas: Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Química Nuclear energy and engineering Mechanical engineering Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Geociências General energy Fuel technology Farmacia Engineering, chemical Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Energy engineering and power technology Energy (miscellaneous) Energy (all) Energy & fuels Economia Civil and structural engineering Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: dieter.boer@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-5532-6409
    Record's date: 2023-08-05
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261912005119?via%3Dihub
    Papper original source: Applied Energy. 101 600-608
    APA: Castell A; Menoufi K; de Gracia A; Rincón L; Boer D; Cabeza LF (2013). Life Cycle Assessment of alveolar brick construction system incorporating phase change materials (PCMs). Applied Energy, 101(), 600-608. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.066
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.066
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2013
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Building and Construction,Civil and Structural Engineering,Energy & Fuels,Energy (Miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Engineering, Chemical,Fuel Technology,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Mechanical Engineering,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    Weather conditions
    Using life
    Thermal energy storage (tes)
    Thermal energy
    Spain
    Phase change materials (pcms)
    Phase change materials
    Performance
    Overall benefit
    Operational phase
    Meteorology
    Manufacturing phase
    Manufacturing
    Life cycle assessment (lca)
    Life cycle analysis
    Life cycle
    Lca
    Insulation materials
    Heating
    Heat storage
    Global impacts
    Environmental impact
    Energy utilization
    Energy efficiency
    Energy consumption rates
    Energy conservation
    Cooling
    Construction systems
    Construction industry
    Components
    Climatization
    Climatic conditions
    Climate conditions
    Buildings
    Building-materials
    Brick
    Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment
    Química
    Nuclear energy and engineering
    Mechanical engineering
    Materiais
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Management, monitoring, policy and law
    Interdisciplinar
    Geociências
    General energy
    Fuel technology
    Farmacia
    Engineering, chemical
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Energy engineering and power technology
    Energy (miscellaneous)
    Energy (all)
    Energy & fuels
    Economia
    Civil and structural engineering
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciência da computação
    Building and construction
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Arquitetura, urbanismo e design
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