Assessment of environmental impacts of residential developments: a case in saga city

Housing developments are emerging everywhere as part of urban development. Environmental assessment of these housing developments is essential for planning and design of existing and future projects. The paper compares two types of housing construction mainly wooden and structural reinforced concrete construction. The two types of construction will be evaluated in terms of energy usage and air emissions. The main purpose of the study is to calculate and evaluate the air emissions from the two types of housing construction. The life cycle of the two different housing construction types will be traced and the methodology used will be the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. An analysis called the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one method to know and assess the total impact of a particular product to the environment. The study looks into the emitted emissions from the housing construction to its final disposal of a typical residential development in Saga, Japan.