CASE STUDY OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSEMNT FOR THE WORKING LABOURS IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

CASE STUDY OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSEMNT FOR THE WORKING LABOURS IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

D.Prabaharan^1*, S.Janani², Nivetha John³

^1*Student, Department of Civil Engineering, RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India -641402.

^2,3Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India -641402.

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, many construction companies are facing with ever stricter environmental impacts and changing, innovative material markets in which customers are being increasingly aware of environmental impacts. In today's societies the built environment accounts for 10% of global economic, activity, consumes 40% of the world's material and energy production, accounts for 70% of the fresh water consumption and uses 25% of the annual global wood harvest.  As we know, the construction of a building consisting of many activities that begins with Earthwork and ends with handover of the building to the customer by the contractor. Hence it includes many different construction materials which cause great impacts to the environment. Not only the building materials, but also the pollution producing during the period of construction and demolition of a building creates largest impact to the surrounding environment.

Keywords: Life cycle; Greenhouse gas; Emission; Temperature