Estrategias derivadas del Análisis del Ciclo de Vida (ACV) para la evaluación del impacto ambiental en materiales de cerramientos y particiones comunes de edificaciones en la ciudad de Loja.

Abstract

The construction includes one of the sectors with a high rate of pollution to the environment, however, through new constructive alternatives, its impact has been counteracted in a more sustainable way, with the use of ecomaterials. The present study takes as a case of study the city of Loja to establish and adapt strategies that allow pollution mitigation, for it has been used the Life Cycle Analysis for materials, which could be applied to the parts considered more polluting in the buiding: systems of external coating and internal partition. Through of the evaluation of inputs and outputs in the phases of the life cycle it is submitted to comparison: brick masonry, concrete blocks and gypsum boards, obtaining as a more feasible option, concrete blocks as external coating instead of clay bricks that are too polluting by their local manufacturing process; and the use of gypsum panels replacing masonry as an internal partition, as this can reduce resource consumption and the generation of unnecessary waste.