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This chapter will present three case studies illustrating the proposed tool. Two of these examples show how the method can be applied during the early design stage (primarily regarding selection of building elements or components), while one case study demonstrates how the method can be applied during the detailed design stages to assess the entire life cycle performance of the building.
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See website https://lifecyclearchitecture.wordpress.com and download the spreadsheets for further applications.
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Having seen the results the client opted to install an EPS envelope (option 1). The analysis took one week: a total of 24Ā hours including 2 meetings, several telephone conversations, data analyses, spreadsheet calculations, and the drafting of the final report.
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In 2011 the design studios PAT. and BV were asked to draft a preliminary project after winning a competition of ideas in 2008. The project was never implemented.
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According to regulation UNI 11235 āinstructions for the design, execution, control and maintenance of green roofsā, a green roof can be extensive (8ā20Ā cm substrata) or intensive (20ā150Ā cm substrata). See the cited standard for more in-depth information regarding green roofs.
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In physics, thermal resistance (R-value) represents the difficulty faced by heat to pass through a solid, liquid, or gas. Instead the positive effects of thermal inertia can be quantified using the attenuation factor (fa) representing the ratio between the variation in temperature and the flow of heat that needs to be introduced to maintain a constant indoor temperature. The periodic thermal transmittance (YIE), expressed by the two previous parameters, represents the capacity of a building component to attenuate the external thermal flow over a 24Ā hour period. The formula is \( Y_{IE} = \frac{1}{RT} \times f_{a} \).
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Cfr. Sect. 4.2.
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Results of the Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing were presented at the PLEA congress in Los Angeles (2016) and published in a scientific paper that same year (see references at the end of this chapter).
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