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ASSESSMENT REPORT
CLIENT
KRC
ADDRESS
WHITEFIELD, BANGALORE
AUTHOR
Shirish Shirke
DATE
14.11.2022
LCA study for KRC Hetero, Hyderabad
Contents
1 BUILDING DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE OF THE ASSESSMENT, ASSESSOR AND TOOLS .......................................................................... 4
2.1 PURPOSE OF THE ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE.................................................................................................................. 4
3 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 5
3.1 ABOUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.............................................................................. 5
3.2 APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STANDARDS ..................................................................................... 5
3.3 SYSTEM BOUNDARY ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3.4 METHODOLOGY AND IMPACT CATEGORIES .......................................................................................................... 6
4 ANALYSIS SCOPE, DATA SOURCES AND ASSUMPTIONS ........................................................................... 8
4.1 SCOPE APPLIED FOR THIS STUDY ........................................................................................................................ 8
4.2 DATA SOURCES .............................................................................................................................................. 8
5 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT RESULTS ........................................................................................................... 9
5.1 LCA RESULTS IN TABLE FORM ........................................................................................................................... 9
5.2 LCA RESULT DISTRIBUTION BY LIFE-CYCLE STAGE ................................................................................................ 10
5.3 CLASSIFIED VISUAL IMPACT BREAKDOWNS FOR ALL IMPACT CATEGORIES .................................................................. 11
5.3.1 Global warming (GWP) visualisation............................................................................................. 11
5.3.2 Formation of ozone of lower atmosphere (POCP) visualisation .................................................... 11
5.3.3 Acidification (AP) visualisation ...................................................................................................... 12
5.3.4 Eutrophication (EP) visualisation ................................................................................................... 12
5.3.5 Ozone depletion potential (ODP) visualisation .............................................................................. 13
5.3.6 Depletion of non-renewable energy resources visualisation ......................................................... 13
5.4 MOST CONTRIBUTING BUILDING ELEMENTS AND MATERIAL TYPES FOR GLOBAL WARMING (GWP) .............................. 14
6 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 15
6.1 SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS .............................................................................................. 15
6.2 APPLICATION OF THE LCA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 15
APPENDIX: DOCUMENTATION OF LCA DATA USED IN THE STUDY .................................................................. 16
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1 Building description
The proposed commercial Development is located at Bangalore, India. The project building contains
leased office spaces.
As the project team has opted for the green approach to have highly organized and sustainable
construction practices implemented in their activities, the project team has taken an initiative to
apply for Green Building certification under LEED v4 BD+C: CS rating system.
The key parameters of the building are synthetized in the below table.
Parameter Description
Building type Commercial building
Building area 67818 Sq.m.
Required service Technical service life (same for same material)
life
Construction year 2022
Building function(s) Office
and service(s)
Extent of use REPLACE-BUILDING-USE
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The purpose of the study and analysis key methodology can be found in the below table.
Parameter Description
Purpose of the For LEED 2009 and v4; CML version. The whole-building LCA option takes into
analysis account a wide range of effects. These include global warming potential,
stratospheric ozone depletion, acidification of land and water sources,
eutrophication, formation of tropospheric ozone, and depletion of nonrenewable
energy sources. This is whole-building LCA in compliance with LEED New
Construction v3/v2009 ((BD+C)): Pilot Credit MRpc63: Whole building life cycle
assessment (1 points) and LEED v4 Full Reference Guide and credit MRc: Building
Life-Cycle Impact Reduction. This LCA software and related datasets are fully
compliant with ISO 14044. The impact assessment method used is CML version
2002 (November 2012, or later). This LCA methodology follows LEED
requirements and this software is third party verified.
Assessment Cradle to Grave
method
Project type New Construction
The assessment has been carried out with One Click LCA software. The software holds 11 third party
certifications and complies with over 30 certifications and standards for Life Cycle Assessment and
Life Cycle Costing, including all versions of LEED and BREEAM. The software includes curated and
verified global and local databases. The up to date list of integrated databases can be found here:
https://www.oneclicklca.com/support/faq-and-guidance/documentation/database/.
One Click LCA has been third party verified by ITB for compliancy with the following LCA standards:
EN 15978, ISO 21931–1 and ISO 21929, and data requirements of ISO 14040 and EN 15804. The full
compliancy documentation is available at https://www.oneclicklca.com/support/faq-and-
guidance/documentation/compliancy-and-certifications/.
ITB is a certification organization and a Notified Body (EC registration nr. 1488) to the European
Commission designated for construction product certification. Polish Accreditation Board assures the
independence and impartiality of ITB services (Accreditation Certificates are: AB 023, AC 020, AC 072,
AP 113). ITB activities are conducted in accordance to the requirements of the following assurance
standards: ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 17025, EN 45011, and ISO/IEC 17021.
The tool supports CML characterization methodology as well as TRACI characterization methodology.
All of the datasets in the tool comply with ISO 14040/14044 and most part also EN 15804 standard.
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As businesses, governments and consumers develop environmental awareness and sensitivity, focus
of environmental impact reduction shifts to the industries responsible for the greatest impacts.
Construction, maintenance and use of buildings and civil engineering works generate ca. 35 % of the
carbon emissions globally. Furthermore, the industry is responsible for one half of raw material
extraction, and very significant amount of mass replacements and transfers. The sector is not only
requested to reduce the impact on global warming, but also to reduce the raw material depletion,
especially for non-renewable materials via circular economy measures.
Life Cycle Assessment considers the whole life cycle of the building, including manufacturing,
transport, use and final disposal of the resources required for the delivery of the building functions
for the whole period which the assessment covers.
Most common impact category covered by LCA is the global warming potential, also referred to as
the carbon footprint. It quantifies the impact of greenhouse gases heating the planet. Other common
impact categories are ozone depletion, acidification, eutrophication and smog formation.
LCA methodology also supports other indicators which describe the use of resources and energy.
Those are more typically expressed as kilograms of material, or megajoules in case of energy.
All building and civil engineering works Life Cycle Assessments delivered by One Click LCA platform
comply with the following International Standards.
ISO 14040 Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Principles and framework
ISO 14044 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Requirements and guidelines
ISO 21930 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Core rules for environmental
product declarations of construction products and services
One Click LCA platform tools used in European context comply with following European Standards:
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The International Standard ISO 21930 and European Standard EN 15804 set out a common life-cycle
model for building and construction works. The life-cycle model includes modular definitions for the
life-cycle stages, allowing each stage to be compared in isolation with other projects.
The product stage information (A1-A3) is always represented combined for building level
assessments, as are end of life stages (C1-C4) in most cases. Depending on the purpose of the LCA,
other stages may be omitted or be replaced with a scenario in absence of detailed information.
The actual life cycle stages used in the report can be found in the LCA results in chapter 5.
LCA results are obtained using methodology called characterisation, which describes environmental
impact of a given emission. One Click LCA implements multiple characterisation methodologies.
When no specific methodology is mandated, One Click LCA implements for European customers the
CML 4.1. IA characterisation methodology (as set out in EN 15804+A1), and for North American
customers the TRACI 2.1. methodology defined by United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Other impact categories follow the requirements of their respective certification systems or tools.
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LEED v4 Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment requirements, including structure and envelope
materials for the building for 60 years duration. This scope excludes operational energy and water
use, as well as construction site impacts.
The analysis has been performed relying on the following data sources for building information:
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The life cycle assessment results are summarized in the following table. The results represent the
total life cycle impact during technical service life (same for same material) year service life of the
building. The calculation complies with LEED BD+C V4 requirement.
Formati Biogen
Ozone on of Depleti ic
Eutrop
Res Depleti Acidific ozone on of carbon
hicatio
ult Global warming on ation of lower nonren storag
n
cate kg CO2e kg kg atmosp ewable e
kg
gory CFC11 SO2e here energy kg
PO4e
e kg MJ CO2e
Ethene bio
B4- Material replacement and 1,11E3 9,99E− 2,63E0 | 6,38E−1 1,41E−1 1,62E4
B5 refurbishment | −1,4 % 6 | −24 % −2,7 % | −2,5 % | −0,6 % | −2,8 %
3,17E−
Total 1,06E7 4,58E4 1,67E4 3,96E3 8,62E7
1
6 - Proposed Design-
1 compared with 6 - Baseline −22 % −21 % −33 % −22 % −6,7 % −24 %
Design
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Below chart shows the result distribution for the building life-cycle for all reported impact categories
and stages. This helps identify the important impact drivers for the different environmental impacts.
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Below charts visualise impact breakdowns for all considered impact categories and life-cycle stages
using the impact classification system applied in this study. When no specific impact classification
system is applied, the data is grouped using One Click LCA section definitions.
Impact categories which are not include in the study are shown as empty.
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Below charts show the result distribution between different building elements and material types for
global warming potential (GWP), stage A1-A3 (manufacturing impacts) only.
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6 Summary
6.1 Summary and interpretation of the results
With use of sustainable building materials such as Flyash in concrete. Project is able to achieve
substantial impact reduction in all 6 categories.
This LCA analysis demonstrates that the proposed building, if completed as designed, will be eligible
for the LEED v4 credit Building Life Cycle Impact Reduction, Option 4: Whole Building Life Cycle
Assessment.
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Aluminiu EPD
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EPD NEPD-1604-633- EN1580 verified 20 ecoin Building with
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interior - germany GaBi -
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kg/m3 ISO
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kg/m3 /
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(340
kg/m3;
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recycled
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in LCA 4+A1 18 vent 0.0 4+A1
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strength, binders
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