The methodology of Life Cycle assessment has been applied by the Ecobilan Group, a member company of PricewaterhouseCoopers to the sector of building In the field of building, the choice of materials has to take into account the whole building environmental balance, and not only the production of materials and construction phase impacts. At the use phase and end of life phases, the impacts of the building are linked to the materials that have been chosen, taking into account their performances, their life time, and their ability to be recycled. The best choices of materials should be made considering the whole building environmental balance, through LCA approach for example.
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