Life Cycle Assessment of a Three-Storey Terrace of Three Timber-Framed Residential Workplace Units

There is an urgent need to evaluate the environmental impacts of both traditional and more recent innovations in sustainable building materials. This study conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) single three-storey (aboveground) terrace Ireland composed three timber-framed residential workplace units. The supply raw materials, their transport manufacturing site, processes for materials used account 58% GWP during production stage. horizontal elements An Corrán roof largest contribution (29.3%) impact. LCA results show that building’s 469 m2 gross internal floor area (GIFA) produced carbon emissions 220 t CO2e has embodied value 398 kg m−2 6.63 a−1 60-year estimated cradle-to-grave cycle. When compared conventional (i.e., masonry) buildings Europe, shows substantial savings occurred Use Stage with footprint 50.5 375.65 386.6 previously reported masonry houses, respectively.