Life Cycle Assessments of Buildings in North America.

The article focuses on the life cycle assessments (LCA) of buildings in North America. It reports that the consideration of life cycle environmental, economic and social aspects of buildings is in vogue. In addition to this, multistakeholder forums are creating demand for LCA for buildings in North America and according to officials, on the supply side, they look to the need for additional practitioners. They believe that there are not enough LCA practitioners to meet the growing demand particularly in the business sector.