Life Cycle Assessment of alveolar brick construction system incorporating phase change materials (PCMs)

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dc.contributor.authorCastell, Albert
dc.contributor.authorMenoufi, Karim Ali Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorGracia Cuesta, Alvaro de
dc.contributor.authorRincón, Lídia
dc.contributor.authorBoer, Dieter
dc.contributor.authorCabeza, Luisa F.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-03T08:21:01Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAn evaluation of the environmental impact of construction systems that are composed of facades based on alveolar bricks and macroencapsulated phase change materials done using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is presented. Their energy consumption rates for both heating and cooling have been measured and registered in two experimental cubicles located in Puigverd de Lleida (Spain). This work examines if the reduction of the environmental impact that is reached due to the energy savings achieved during the operational phase of these cubicles compensates the increase of the environmental impact that is induced during the manufacturing phase. Theoretical case studies, such as assuming different climatization and weather conditions, are proposed and studied to determine the most suitable climatic conditions for using the alveolar bricks and PCM technologies. Within the context of the LCA study, it is concluded that the overall benefit of PCM is the highest when summer weather conditions throughout the whole year is theoretically assumed, where for different assumed lifetime periods of the cubicles the reduction of the overall global impact of the cubicle containing PCM ranges from 12% to 14% in comparison to the other cubicle without PCM.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was partially funded by the Spanish government (Projects ENE2008-06687-C02-01/CON and DPI2008-04099) and the European Union (COST Action COST TU0802), in collaboration with the company Hyspalit and City hall of Puigverd de Lleida. The authors would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group (2009 SGR 534). Lídia Rincón would like to thank the University of Lleida for her research fellowship.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.066
dc.identifier.idgrec018427
dc.identifier.issn0306-2619
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/47801
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherElsevierca_ES
dc.relationMICINN/PN2008-2011/ENE2008-06687-C02-01/CON
dc.relationMICINN/PN2008-2011/DPI2008-04099
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.066ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Energy, 2013, núm. 101, p. 600–608ca_ES
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2012ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectLife Cycle Assessmentca_ES
dc.subjectPhase change materialca_ES
dc.subjectThermal energy storageca_ES
dc.titleLife Cycle Assessment of alveolar brick construction system incorporating phase change materials (PCMs)ca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
dc.type.versionacceptedVersionca_ES
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