Life cycle assessment benchmarks for Danish office buildings

ABSTRACT Life cycle assessment (LCA) benchmarking of buildings is highly relevant in certain contexts of building sector practice, for instance in certification schemes or regulation. This study aims at developing a preliminary set of LCA reference values to serve as benchmarks for the Danish construction sector. We analyze the embodied impacts set against the operational impacts of 16 office buildings. We discuss the different approaches to derivation of life cycle benchmarks and identify critical points of attention for the future work with derivation of benchmarks for Danish buildings.