Industrial or Traditional Bamboo Construction? Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Bamboo-Based Buildings

Zea Escamilla, Edwin; Habert, Guillaume; Correal Daza, Juan Francisco; Archilla, Hector F; Férnandez, Juan Sebastian Echeverry; Trujillo, David

doi:10.3390/su10093096

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Zea Escamilla, E., Habert, G., Correal Daza, J. F., Archilla, H. F., Férnandez, J. S. E., & Trujillo, D. (2018). Industrial or Traditional Bamboo Construction? Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Bamboo-Based Buildings. Sustainability, 10(9), 3096. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093096

Abstract

The past five decades have witnessed an unprecedented growth in population. This has led to an ever-growing housing demand. It has been proposed that the use of bio-based materials, and specifically bamboo, can help alleviate the housing demand in a sustainable manner. The present paper aims to assess the environmental impact caused by using four different construction materials (bamboo, brick, concrete hollow block, and engineered bamboo) in buildings. A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) was carried out to measure the environme