ABSTRACT
The Life Cycle Assessment for cement as binder and concrete base material is an important part of the total LCA of buildings. In the LCA Research Team at University of Miskolc the total life cycle model of buildings has been developed in a complex way from the production phase of cement and concrete through the phase of usage to the end-of-life stage with consideration of the information models of the Environmental Product Declaration. Within the total lifecycle, the cement production phase and the end-of-life phase play an important role, because cement production is responsible for 8 % of global carbon-dioxide emissions. With the application of LCA software GaBi 8 thinkstep for the production technologies, their environmental efficiency can be determined. After the development of the LCA model for the production of cement and concrete elements, the possible innovative solutions for improving sustainability performance are presented by quantifying environmental impacts and energy optimization. Despite of the fact that building industry and environmental management are closely interlocked, there is fairly poor national and international professional literature available about the two connected professions.
