Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Environment
Published: 17 December 2018

Also known as life cycle analysis; LCA is an objective technique for assessing the potential impacts associated with a product or process by compiling an inventory of relevant inputs and outputs, evaluating their potential environmental impacts, and assessing and implementing opportunities to reduce their environmental impacts.

Welcome to the Jungle House by Clinton Cole, CplusC Architectural Workshop
Welcome to the Jungle House by Clinton Cole, CplusC Architectural Workshop (Image: Michael Lassman) Traditional land owners: The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation


Further information

See Environment note Welcome to the Jungle House, where a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) was performed post-construction to understand embodied carbon use.


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