Majalah Ilmiah UNIKOM
Vol.7, No. 2
199
H a l a m a n
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA)
FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
WANITA SUBADRA ABIOSO
Department of Architecture
Engineering and Computer Science Faculty
Universitas Komputer Indonesia
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), a kind of cradle–to–grave paradigm based instrument
for measuring the product sustainability by analyzing energy, cost, and environ-
mental impacts that would be spent and occur along the product–life–cycle, is
one of mechanisms used for Eco Labeling or Environmental Labeling, certifica-
tions of acknowledgement on sustainable product.
The labeling could possibly be carried out by way of kind of LCA instrument lim-
ited within economically established countries. What about sustainable architec-
ture, that would always be involving energy, cost, and environmental impacts as
well, as all we know architecture cannot separated from building in terms of
building as a product of architecture.
“System Approach to Architecture”, offered by A. Benjamin Handler, simplified
to considering architecture as a system practically based on paradigm that simi-
lar to LCA. System that consists of designing process, construction, facility op-
eration, and human bionomic process, will act as a building–life–cycle instru-
ment if at the end of the system completed with a building management system
or a system that concern about end of life of the building, such as recycling proc-
ess, renovation, or preservation. Toward
Key Words: sustainable product, product–life–cycle, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA),
cradle–to–grave, architectural system, building–life–cycle, Sustainable Architec-
ture
bidang
REKAYASA
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA)
A WAY TOWARD
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), a kind of instru-
ment based on cradle–to–grave paradigm
for measuring product sustainability by
analyzing the product–life–cycle, which
means along its life cycle a product should
be using either renewable or non–
renewable resources in a very sensible
way. LCA, also a popular term for who
concern about environmental issues, in
different phrase an instrument for im-
proving production process and its prod-
uct with the purpose of minimizing envi-
ronmental impacts particularly energy
and cost that would be spent along the
process, with the intention of logically
manage for effectiveness.