A comparative life cycle analysis of glass windows : Assiut University Hospital Clinic as a case study | ||
| Journal of Engineering Science and Military Technologies | ||
| Article 3, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 31-46 PDF (3.09 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejmtc.2023.213952.1256 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed AbdelMonteleb Mohammed Ali* | ||
| Associate Professor at Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt NAQAAE Executive Coordinator at Interior Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aims to analyze the environmental impact of different glass types of a clinic in Assiut University Hospital. The life cycle assessment (LCA) approach evaluates energy usage and its related environmental effects. This study will assess the environmental impacts of four types of window glass manufacturing, which are (1) flat glass, (2) fiber glass, (3) solar glass, and (4) waste glass. The Building Information Modeling (BIM) approach has been used to collect the building construction quantities, facilitating this task. The LCA has been used to calculate energy consumption and environmental emissions. As the main finding of this study, the fiber glass has the worst-case scenario with (1.02 Pt), in contrast with the waste glass (recycled glass) with (0.58 Pt), by the mid-point method result. Also, the global warming potential and nonrenewable energy impacts have recorded the highest impact values for the fiber glass with 2939.49 KgCO2 eq.and 46914.97 MJprimary, respectively. Finally, the human health (end-point) method has the most significant share of the adverse environmental impacts for the four glass types studied. The study has proposed that the life cycle cost and the durability and endurance tests must be examined to ensure that waste glass (recycled) is the best option from all points of view | ||
| Keywords | ||
| BIM; glass windows; life cycle assessment; life cycle inventory; life cycle impact assessment | ||
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