2017 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 118-125
Houses are designed and built to order, so they are not identical. Also, each house consists of many kinds of components which are manufactured by multiple companies, so it is difficult for housing designer to estimate its life cycle environmental load. However, the life cycle environmental load is an important index to evaluate a house, some estimating tools have been developed and used. In this article, two types of tools for detached houses are introduced.