Carmen Llatas

Prof. Dr. Carmen Llatas

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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2017 in Energy and Buildings
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Bernardette Soust-VerdaguerBernardette Soust-Verdaguer
Bernardette Soust-Verdaguer
CLCarmen Llatas
Carmen Llatas
AGAntonio García-Martínez
Antonio García-Martínez



1 July 2016 in Building and Environment
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Bernardette Soust-VerdaguerBernardette Soust-Verdaguer
Bernardette Soust-Verdaguer
CLCarmen Llatas
Carmen Llatas
AGAntonio García-Martínez
Antonio García-Martínez

17 March 2023 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Claudiane Ouellet-PlamondonClaudiane Ouellet-Plamondon
Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon
LRLivia Ramseier
Livia Ramseier
MBMaria Balouktsi
Maria Balouktsi
LDLaetitia Delem
Laetitia Delem
GFGreg Foliente
Greg Foliente
RFRolf Frischknecht
Rolf Frischknecht

26 August 2020 in Sustainability
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Elisabetta PalumboElisabetta Palumbo
Elisabetta Palumbo
Bernardette Soust-VerdaguerBernardette Soust-Verdaguer
Bernardette Soust-Verdaguer
CLCarmen Llatas
Carmen Llatas
Marzia TraversoMarzia Traverso
Marzia Traverso
The construction sector plays an important role in moving towards a low-carbon economy. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is considered one of the most effective methods of analytically evaluating environmental profiles and an efficient tool for calculating the environmental impacts in building design-oriented methodologies, such as building information modelling (BIM). At early design stages, generic LCA databases are used to conduct the life cycle inventory (LCI), while detailed stages require more detailed data, such as environmental product declarations (EPDs), namely documents that provide accurate results and precise analyses based on LCA. Limitations are recognized when using EPDs in BIM elements at different levels of development (LOD) in the design stages, especially related to the data consistency and system boundaries of the LCA. This paper presents a method of achieving accurate LCA results, that helps with decision-making and provides support in the selection of building products and materials. The method is validated by its application in the structural concrete of an office building located in Germany. The method defines a safety factor adopted for embodied impacts (“cradle-to-gate”), based on EPD results to predict the environmental impact of BIM elements at different LODs. The results obtained show that by integrating the method to conduct the LCA, the range of errors and possible inconsistencies in the LCA results can be reduced.