Integration of simple LCA into complex systems, the CaSIE² project - Etienne LEES-PERASSO - Damien PRUNEL - 2015

Recent scientific, technical and normative works insist on the relevance of life cycle assessment (LCA) as a methodology to evaluate the environmental performance of materials, systems and buildings. Though, those systems are complex by nature, evolving numerous subsystems, elements and materials and, particularly at building scale, a long service life. They interlock and overlap with one another, making any evaluation a fastidious task.