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LCA Studies

Case Studies Comparing Materials

House Comparison: Atlanta (concrete vs wood)  and Minneapolis (steel vs wood)

Assessing Environmental Quality of Residential Construction using  LCI & LCA: the role of processes, products and design (Video, CORRIM, 2005)

Residential Building Subassemblies and their Components: The  Impact of Product Selection and Design on Fossil Fuel Consumption over a Life  Cycle (Video, CORRIM,  2005)

Environmental  Performance of Renewable Building Materials, CORRIM, 2005


Single Family Residential, Toronto


Energy and the Environment in Residential Construction,  CWC, 2004


Multi-Story Apartment,  Sweden

Greenhouse gas balances in building construction: wood versus  concrete from life-cycle and forest land-use perspectives, 2000


Cement vs Wood and Steel - several examples from the past several decades summarized in one report

Portland Cement as a Construction Material - How Does it Compare to Wood, Steel?, Dovetail Partners Inc 2008

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