TU Dresden RWTH Leibniz Institut

Subproject E01

Sustainability assessment for disruptive innovations like carbon concrete

How can Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) be further developed and communicated in all three pillars: environment – Life Cycle Assessment, economy – Life Cycle Costing, and social – Social Life Cycle Assessment, in such a way that it enables early sustainability predictions in the research of material-minimized carbon concrete structures and ensures the design of sustainable disruptive innovation? SP E01 develops tailored sustainability indicators and assessment methods at all three levels, e.g., to adequately address resource efficiency and recyclability in terms of a circular economy strategy (environmental), human health (social), or material flow and life cycle costs (economic). Risk factors, such as high emissions from specific production steps or the use of critical raw materials, and potential trade-offs between the three pillars are identified. In addition, the communication of LCSA results and the support of decision makers in the building sector regarding the sustainability of disruptive innovations is of great relevance.

Structure of the life cycle-based sustainability assessment
Structure of the life cycle-based sustainability assessment
© Meyer/Scope

Scientist

[Translate to English:] Edeltraud Günther
Subproject Manager
Edeltraud Günther
Prof. Dr.
Technische Universität Dresden
Chair of Business Management, esp. Sustainabili­ty Management and Environmental Accounting
D-01062 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 463-3431

Institute website

[Translate to English:] Marzia Traverso
Subproject Manager
Marzia Traverso
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering
Mies-van-der-Rohe Str. 1
D-52074 Aachen
Phone: +49 241 80 22760

Institute website

[Translate to English:] Jana Backes
Research Associate
Jana Backes
M.Sc.
RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering
Mies-van-der-Rohe Str. 1
D-52074 Aachen
Phone: +49 241 80 22765

Institute website

Tobias Hatzfeld
Research Associate
Tobias Hatzfeld
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
Ammonstrasse 74
D-01067 Dresden

Institute website

Cooperations

SP A01
Modular Structure Generator
SP B02
Inline Consolidation
SP C02
Membrane Components
SP C04
Multi-Scale Shell Models
SP D01
3D Printing of Carbon Concrete
SP D02
Carbon Concrete Extrusion
SP INF
Information Infrastructure

Publikationen / Publications

Backes, J. G.; Traverso, M. (2021) Application of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the Construction Sector: A Systematic Literature Review in Processes 9 (7), 1248 – https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9071248

Backes, J. G.; Traverso, M. (2021) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment—A Survey Based Potential Future Development for Implementation and Interpretation in Sustainability 13 (24), 13688 – https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413688

Backes, J. G.; Traverso, M. (2021) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the construction sector – actual application and future outlook Vortrag bei LCM 2021, 06.–08.09.2021 in Stuttgart (Deutschland, digital), 2021

Backes, J. G.; Vogelsang, M. E.; Traverso, M. (2021) Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment interpretation and communication Vortrag bei 14th Biennal Int. Conf. on EcoBalance – EcoBalance Conf. 2020, 04./05.03.2021 in Sendai (Japan, digital), 2021, p. 6/7 (Book of Conf. Abstracts) – https://www.ecobalanceconference.org/conference/2020/pdf/EcoBalance2020Abstract_0225.pdf

Backes, J. G.; Traverso, M. (2021) Sustainability of disruptive innovation – Cradle-to-gate LCA of Carbon Reinforced Concrete Vortrag bei X Convegno dell’Associazione Rete Italiana LCA, 22.–24.09.2021 in Reggio Calabria (Italien), 2021

Wuth, J.; Scope, C. (2021) Nachhaltiges Bauen in der Praxis: Bewertung des Zertifizierungsprozesses der ökologischen Qualität nach DGNB System in Bauingenieur 96, issue 9, p. 296–308 – DOI: 10.37544/0005-6650-2021-09-40