Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory China Energy Group have developed software to integrate building life-cycle assessment, energy use and emissions from construction of a housing development through to occupation. The aim was to model the building material lifecycle to track where the materials were produced and the emissions impacts of their transportation. The tool also takes into account the impacts of lifestyle choices of residents, including transit choices, consumer goods, food consumption and heating and cooling costs.
Read more about this tool on this World Changing blog post.
