Hello I am an expert in the field of LCA of building materials, you can have a look at my paper:
- F. Asdrubali, C. Baldassarri, V.Fthenakis: “Life Cycle Analysis in the construction sector: guiding the optimization of conventional Italian buildings”, Energy and Buildings, 64 (2013), 73-89. 38.
- F. Asdrubali, S. Schiavoni, K. V. Horoshenkov: “A review of sustainable materials for acoustic applications”, Building Acoustics 19, (4), 2012, 283-312.
You can download them from Research Gate
Life cycle impact assessment of buildings with respect to carbon footprint is the scope or canvas that harnesses the production of carbon footprint from the extraction of that material from the ore to manufacturing, delivery (transportation), fabrication to use (if a labor uses a machines to fix or fit the product and uses energy that has been produced from fossil fuel, performance during its useful life, demolition, disposal (return to disposal area including transportation) and any natural or artificial reaction that may cause a carbon footprint; all the activities will be included in the question asked.
This will require a carbon footprint flowchart to calculate the impact on each stage and of each and every product, activity and embodied carbon of the machines that have been used to construct that building.
Obviously, many theses can be written on each and many other aspects that I may have overlooked.
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