There is a growing demand for reliable methods to rapidly assess and compare the environmental impacts of alternative building solutions. Approaches based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology are most commonly recognised by industry and academia; however, producing accurate results under this framework requires highly specialised skills and research effort that prevents their ready incorporation into the design of most buildings.
The main objective of this project is to generate a knowledge base to inform the development of decision-support systems, supporting environmentally efficient building design.
Researchers on project include:  Victor Bunster, Victor Chang, Maxwell Chng, Peter Graham, 
Santiago Muñoz-Vela, Safoura Salehi, Jenny Zhou, Lu Aye, Khuong Bui, Philip Christopher, Tuan Ngo & Thais Goncalves-Sartori.
Date commenced and duration
June 2021, 6 monthsLead researcher
Sustainability
Energy
Theme coordinator
                                                Dr Victor Bunster
Projects
#106 Retrofitting Reimagined: Enabling circular economy with a Product–Service System Toolkit
#108 Project Circle Design Phase 1
#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#105 Blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading: Advancing sustainability and affordability in smart residential communities
Life Cycle Assessment
Theme coordinator
                                                Dr Victor Bunster
Projects
#117 Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Building
#106 Retrofitting Reimagined: Enabling circular economy with a Product–Service System Toolkit
#110 Circular design strategies for future-proofing building services
#65 European Research Tour 2023: Berlin – Copenhagen – Malmö
#50 Development of Artificial Neural Network and Automated Life Cycle Assessments for Cloud Based Residential Energy Estimations
Keywords
- Decision Support
 - LCA
 - Steel structures
 - Sustainability