Open AccessStudy of Life Cycle Assessment of Bricks and the Impacts to the Environment in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Hamimah Adnan,
Ali Tighnavard Balasbaneh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1200/1/012012
Subject(s) - life cycle assessment , brick , environmental science , global warming potential , environmental impact assessment , scope (computer science) , global warming , production (economics) , impact assessment , environmental engineering , waste management , engineering , greenhouse gas , civil engineering , climate change , computer science , ecology , biology , economics , macroeconomics , programming language , public administration , political science
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted in order to evaluate the environmental impacts of products chosen from the manufacturing phase and the end-of life cycle of the material and in clay brick and concrete were chose as the observed products. Brick is one of the important construction materials that can be seen at the surrounding. Main objective for this study is to investigate the impact of production of different types of brick to the level of emissions of carbon dioxide to the environment. Four stages of life cycle assessment were conducted before the result for the study analysis can be obtained and that stages including goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory (LCI), life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) and the interpretation part. The results obtained from the simulation of the Simapro shown that the concrete contributes more negative impact compared production of clay brick in terms of global warming, ozone depletion, formation of fine particulate matter and ozone formation. Manufacture of clay brick contributes more negative impact to the ionizing radiation, freshwater eutrophication and mineral resource scarcity.