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Sustainable Construction A Life Cycle Approach in Engineering

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3,0<br />

2,5<br />

2,0<br />

1,5<br />

1,0<br />

0,5<br />

0,0<br />

EP<br />

g PO 4<br />

-3<br />

-eq./g<br />

Cement Aggregate Concrete Steel<br />

Re<strong>in</strong>forced Concrete Column<br />

Composite Column<br />

Figure 6. Contribution of life-cycle phases to eutrophication potential<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

AP<br />

g SO 2 -eq./g<br />

Cement Aggregate Concrete Steel<br />

Re<strong>in</strong>forced Concrete Column<br />

Composite Column<br />

Figure 7. Contribution of life-cycle phases to acidification potential<br />

6,0<br />

5,0<br />

4,0<br />

3,0<br />

2,0<br />

1,0<br />

0,0<br />

POCP<br />

g C 2 H 4 -eq./g<br />

Cement Aggregate Concrete Steel<br />

Re<strong>in</strong>forced Concrete Column<br />

Composite Column<br />

Figure 8. Contribution of life-cycle phases to photochemical ozone creation potential<br />

1<br />

0,8<br />

0,6<br />

0,4<br />

0,2<br />

Re<strong>in</strong>forced Concrete Column<br />

Composite Column<br />

0<br />

GWP-100 EP AP POCP<br />

Figure 9. Contribution of normal column to impact categories compared to composite column<br />

The production of steel is the ma<strong>in</strong> contributor to all studied impact categories. Compar<strong>in</strong>g contributions<br />

of two analyzed types of columns, it can be noticed that composite columns have approximately<br />

two and one-half times higher impact to GWP and EP, two times higher to AP and<br />

four and one-half times higher impact on POCP then normal columns. Such a large difference <strong>in</strong><br />

the impacts can be attributed to five times greater amount of used steel.<br />

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