20.500.12556/RUL-151734 Making sense of LCA results when evaluating multiple building designs – comparison of interpretation concepts Identifying environmental hotspots and comparing design options are the most common goals in building life cycle assessment (LCA). Our paper focuses on the latter by identifying and evaluating various concepts for interpreting LCA results that can be applied when comparing multiple design options. The term LCA interpretation concept is introduced. Eight approaches were analysed and classified into three groups; (i) raw LCA data, (ii) benchmarking and (iii) single score indicator interpretation concepts. Features and attributes for making sense of LCA data were defined and used to evaluate how the investigated LCA interpretation concepts support decision-making. Finally, the results were compared and evaluated whether the applied LCA interpretation concepts could influence the designer's perception of environmental superiority. The outcomes show substantial differences in the ability of LCA interpretation concepts to support the decision-making process. Benchmarking, weighting and normalization are essential to making environmental decisions when comparing multiple design options coupled with multiple environmental indicators. Otherwise, the risk of decision-making dilemmas due to data overflow is high. Our case study with 21 design options showed that the perception of environmental superiority and inferiority may be conditioned by the selection of the LCA interpretation concept. life cycle assessment LCA results interpretation building sustainability building design LCA interpretation concept environmental assessment ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla LCA interpretacija LCA rezultatov trajnostne stavbe načrtovanje stavb koncept LCA interpretacije vrednotenje okoljskega vpliva true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-10-18 10:22:17 2023-10-18 10:22:19 2024-02-15 03:39:57 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 129–147 no. 1/2 Vol. 52 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 502.131.1:69.059.4 0961-3218 10.1080/09613218.2023.2236254 160258563 Making_sense_of_LCA_results_when_evaluating_multiple_building_designs___comparison_of_interpretation_concepts.pdf Making_sense_of_LCA_results_when_evaluating_multiple_building_designs___comparison_of_interpretation_concepts.pdf 1 DA21FCE56BE0CD2CE09BCB164B6A5F43 bc5109ab9f049a50149588772f91334894702d1be99714434ab24e2f1f0d14ed 4248a202-cb11-11ee-b865-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=180844 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09613218.2023.2236254 1 74d10049-6d8f-11ee-8bea-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=176782 Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo 0 0 0