<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>To our knowledge, for the first time in the history of the life cycle assessment, the LCA analysis of the houseboats used for residential purposes has been conducted while testing a new software program eLCA in its Beta version. In cooperation with the Coop Waterhouse GmbH and with the Architektenbüro PlanWerk, the houseboat Swan, due to its extraordinary solutions for energy supply, has been chosen for the first attempt at analysing uncertainty in its LCA with the focus on the energy supply components as well as on the energy input. Results discuss energy usage, being responsible for the half of the total CO2 e-emissions, and its uncertainty with regards to the next 50 years of the houseboat’s lifetime.</p></abstract>

To our knowledge, for the first time in the history of the life cycle assessment, the LCA analysis of the houseboats used for residential purposes has been conducted while testing a new software program eLCA in its Beta version. In cooperation with the Coop Waterhouse GmbH and with the Architektenbüro PlanWerk, the houseboat Swan, due to its extraordinary solutions for energy supply, has been chosen for the first attempt at analysing uncertainty in its LCA with the focus on the energy supply components as well as on the energy input. Results discuss energy usage, being responsible for the half of the total CO2 e-emissions, and its uncertainty with regards to the next 50 years of the houseboat’s lifetime.

On the Imaginary Accuracy of the LCA on the Basis of the Houseboat in Hamburg (Holistic Approach)

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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To our knowledge, for the first time in the history of the life cycle assessment, the LCA analysis of the houseboats used for residential purposes has been...

On the Imaginary Accuracy of the LCA on the Basis of the Houseboat in Hamburg (Holistic Approach)

Publicado en línea: 18 nov 2019

Páginas: 222 - 237

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0065

Palabras clave
eLCA software program, energy use, houseboat, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), uncertainty analysis

© 2019 Maria Grajcar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

On the Imaginary Accuracy of the LCA on the Basis of the Houseboat in Hamburg (Holistic Approach)

Publicado en línea: 18 nov 2019

Páginas: 222 - 237

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0065

Palabras claveeLCA software program, energy use, houseboat, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), uncertainty analysis

© 2019 Maria Grajcar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
eLCA software program, energy use, houseboat, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), uncertainty analysis