Publicación: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENET OF DWELLING CONSTRUCTION IN SPAIN AND CHILE. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO REPRESENTATIVE CASE STUDIES
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2019
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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
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COUNTRIES ARE PLACED UNDER HIGH ECOLOGICAL PRESSURE DURING ECONOMIC EXPANSION PERIODS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. IN ORDER TO TACKLE THE EFFECTS OF SUCH EXPANSION, IT IS NECESSARY TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY ITS PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF IMPACT. IN THIS RESPECT, THE PRESENT METHODOLOGY IS PROPOSED, WHERE TWO DWELLING PROJECTS (ONE IN SPAIN, WHERE THE METHODOLOGY IS INITIALLY IMPLEMENTED, AND A SECOND IN CHILE) ARE ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSESSED IN THE DESIGN STAGE. THE PROCEDURE IS BASED ON THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT INDICATOR AND THE PROJECTS BILL OF QUANTITIES, WHERE THE LATTER TRADITIONALLY CLASSIFIES PROJECT ELEMENTS INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES: MATERIALS, MANPOWER, AND MACHINERY. EACH ELEMENT HAS AN ASSOCIATED FOOTPRINT IN TERMS OF FOSSIL FUEL, CROPLAND, PASTURES, FOREST AND CARBON ABSORPTION LAND, PRODUCTIVE SEA, AND/OR BUILT LAND.
