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The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is undergoing transformation in two key areas: (1) increased focus on performance-based sustainability metrics to quantify and reduce carbon emissions produced by the built environment and (2) integration of industrialized construction (IC) approaches such as process automation. This research is the first application of probabilistic life cycle analysis (LCA) as a sustainability-focused design tool for an early-stage IC concept case study. To produce probabilistic LCA results, a Pedigree Matrix was used to quantify uncertainty in LCA inputs to a Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). The SIPMath Excel ® plug-in is used to perform nearly instantaneous, low-cost MCS automatically in Excel®. This is the first use of Stochastic Information Packets (SIPs) as a medium for capturing and using uncertainty information in the LCA of a building. This probabilistic LCA approach improves sustainability metrics in a highly uncertain design space, relative to the initial IC design concept. Research findings show that the probabilistic LCA model informed the design team's decision making by providing rapid, targeted, high-level feedback on deci

Author

T. Hegarty; M. Lepech

Publisher

CRC Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781003354222

Subjects

Engineering, Architecture, Technology