Insight from Review Articles of Life Cycle Assessment for Buildings
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Abstract
The building sector holds a significant position in the global energy consumption share, and its environmental impact continues to intensify, making the construction industry a key player in sustainable development. The application of life cycle assessment on buildings (LCA-B) is widely employed to evaluate building energy and environment performance, and thus is of great significance for ensuring the sustainability of the project. This work aims to provide a systematic overview of LCA-B development based on reviewed literature. A three-stage mixed research method is adopted in this study: Firstly, an overall analysis framework is constructed, and 327 papers related to building life cycle assessment published between 2009 and 2025 are screened out by using the bibliometric method; Then, through scientometrics analysis, the journal regions, sources, scholars, and keyword evolution are revealed and analyzed using VOSviewer tool, and the hotspots in the field of LCA-B (e.g., integration of building information modeling (BIM) in LCA-B, multi-dimensional framework of environment–society–culture) are preliminarily explored based on the selected highly cited papers. The research finds that: (1) the performance of low energy buildings is better than that of net zero energy buildings from the perspective of LCA; (2) software compatibility and data exchange are the main obstacles in the integration of BIM-LCA; (3) a multi-dimensional LCA framework covering the social or cultural aspects is expected for a comprehensive assessment of building performance. This study provides a systematic analysis and elaboration of review articles related to LCA-B and thereby provides researchers with in-depth insight into this field.
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OpenAlex topics: Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Facilities and Workplace Management
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School of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, China
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, China
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ma’anshan University, Ma’anshan 243002, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China · Youth Talent Program in Anhui University of Technology
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