Importância da avaliação do ciclo de vida na análise de produtos: possíveis aplicações na construção civil

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Maria Fernanda Nobrega dos
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Battistelle, Rosane Aparecida Gomes [UNESP], Hori, Clara Yoshiko [UNESP, Julioti, Plínio Silvio [UNESP
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://revista.feb.unesp.br/index.php/gepros/article/view/882; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/134676
• topic: Life Cycle Assessment; Sustainability; Civil construction; Avaliação do ciclo de vida; Sustentabilidade; Construção civil

Much has been discussed lately about reusing waste in new construction materials and countless studies have been carried out based on this objective. However, before these products can be called “sustainable” and a recycling system can be effectively implemented, it is fundamental for all the aspects involved in this action to be understood, and more important, what are the true gains for the productive sector and what are the benefits for the environment if this was to occur. In order to obtain a general framework for all environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with these products, over their entire life cycle, the most appropriate methodology is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). In view of the above, the objective of this work is to provide an overview of current studies of LCA, its history, its importance, its standards and the methodology employed and its applications related to civil construction. It is expected, to obtain a more complete scenario of the influences from a study of LCA, as well as establishing a contribution for the assessment of specific products and processes for civil construction, disseminating the importance of the use of this tool within the sector.