Analysis of the environmental performance of life-cycle building waste management strategies in tertiary buildings

Zambrana-Vasquez, D. ; Zabalza-Bribián, I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Jáñez, A. ; Aranda-Usón, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: At urban level, the generation Municipal Solid Waste and Construction and Demolition Waste is mostly related to the life-cycle of buildings. An evaluation method based on Life Cycle Assessment methodology is presented in this paper to make an analysis of the environmental performance of different life-cycle building waste management strategies in tertiary buildings. As a case study, several waste management strategies considering a tertiary building located in the city of Zaragoza in Spain, are studied. The aim of the case study is to compare the environmental impacts, in terms of Global Warming Potential, of the scenarios proposed focussing on the waste minimisation and avoidance of landfilling of at least 10% for the Municipal Solid Waste generation during a building''s use stage, and Construction and Demolition Waste generated during its construction and end-of-life. In case of Municipal Solid Waste, the results show that when a recovery scenario includes energy recovery from the residual fraction of the mechanical-biological treatment plant in the form of Refuse Derived Fuel, greater benefits in terms of the Global Warming Potential are obtained than with current scenarios of landfill deposition of the residual fraction. On the other hand, in case of Construction and Demolition Waste, a similar situation can be observed in case of an increase of the recovery rates of metals.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.048

Año: 2016

Publicado en: Journal of Cleaner Production 130 (2016), 143-154
ISSN: 0959-6526

Factor impacto JCR: 5.715 (2016)

Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL rank: 6 / 49 = 0.122 (2016) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY rank: 5 / 31 = 0.161 (2016) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 17 / 229 = 0.074 (2016) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.659 - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Strategy and Management (Q1) - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q1) - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2010-19850

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. (Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica)
Área (Departamento): Área Economía Finan. y Contab. (Dpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas)