A life cycle approach to buildings : principles, calculations, design tools A life cycle approach to buildings : principles, calculations, design tools

This book is also available in a German language edition (ISBN: 978-3-920034-30-0) construction and initial investment product life cycle physical/moral depreciation modernisation refurbishment decay and demolition process life cycle building life cycle land use cycle Utility value Lifetime Principles 14 Stakeholder Time expectation Tenant, residential 5 -30 years Tenant, non-residential 1-20 years Real estate agent 1-2 years Building contractor 1-5 years (warranty) Facility manager 1-5 years (contract period) Building designers, architects, consulting engineers 1-25 years (1st major repair work) PPP participants 10 -50 years (contract period) Building owner, general 25 -50 years (generation) Building stock owner (infrastructure, public) 50 -100 years Building stock owner (building, speculative) 1-10 years Long-term-oriented owner (public, collective, non-profit) 50 -100 years Society (district, city) considerably more than 100 years Service life (ISO) 50 years Planning approval (LCA) 80 -100 years 1.12 Relationship between product, process, building and land use cycles 1.13 The life cycle as a social process 1.14 The time expectations of various stakeholders 1.15 Short, medium and long-term management cycles 1.14 A building's entire life cycle à â{608}{$a€œ from construction through occupation, cycles of renovation and repairs, up to demolition and disposal, impacts the flow of materials thereby created. The decisive path of a building's environmental impact is however usually set early in the planning phase, at a time when planners often still lack knowledge about the sustainability characteristics of different building materials and constructions. At the same time, the efficient handling of existing resources is decisive in sustainable construction and an intelligent selection of materials can yield un A building's entire life cycle aooOCU1/4oOe1/4o from construction through occupation, cycles of renovation and repairs, up to demolition and disposal, impacts the flow of materials thereby created. The decisive path of a building's environmental impact is however usually set early in the planning phase, at a time when planners often still lack knowledge about the sustainability characteristics of different building materials and constructions." A building's entire life cycle ÃØâ'Ơ“ from construction through occupation, cycles of renovation and repairs, up to demolition and disposal, impacts the flow of materials thereby created. The decisive path of a building's environmental impact is however usually set early in the planning phase, at a time when planners often still lack knowledge about the sustainability characteristics of different building materials and constructions Holger König, Niklaus Kohler, Johannes Kreißig, Thomas Lützkendorf. Translation: Raymond Peat. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.