I am researching about construction and demolition waste then I really need a comprehensive calculation tool or software for estimating the embodied energy in building materials and construction waste.
The LCA method was first introduced by the International Standard Organization (ISO, 2006a,b) and is generally recognized as a useful and science-based method to assess multiple effects on the environment caused by buildings. In terms of residential energy consumption, existing studies always focus on operational energy consumption. In fact, energy consumption occurs during the whole lifetime of buildings, from materials processing to building demolition
Life-cycle energy consumption (LCA) includes energy consumption of materials production and construction for newly built residential buildings, energy consumption for the operation of existing buildings, and energy consumption of building demolition and the disposal of building demolition waste.
The open-source software known as "EnergyPlus" can be helpful in computing thermal energy processed within a building which is intended to provide comfort to the building occupants.