Materials/Environmental Engineering
The goal of this thesis is to perform an LCA study with a consequential approach, of a retrofitting project of an old Italian dwelling. Unlike the conventional Attributional LCA, which offers a static overview of a system's environmental performance, the consequential LCA takes a more holistic perspective, considering the dynamic interactions and long-term consequences that changes in production and consumption patterns can have on the environment. Since the retrofitting project was planned by considering the green building concept, employing bio-based building materials, the implementation of a consequential LCA approach will help evaluate the implications on the system resulting from the large-scale production of these bio-based materials, whose diffusion is nowadays limited compared to the traditional counterparts.
Requirements: have successfully passed the 5 CFU course "Life Cycle Assessment of materials and processes"
Contact person: Giovanni Dotelli, Nicolas Bertoldo