Life Cycle Cost Assessment of cementitious materials: study for industrialized mortars.
Economic evaluation. Construction. Cost-Benefit Analysis. Costs management. Environmental valuation.
The civil construction industry consumes large amounts of energy and inputs, mainly the cement materials business, comprising the entire life cycle is extremely relevant. Thus, considering the importance from within the perspective of the life cycle analyzing the environmental and economic aspects, the production of industrialized mortars was analyzed, based on a case study in a company located in the interior of the Northeast, using a cost methodology of life cycle (CCV). The costs were extracted using a cost-benefit approach, associating internal and external costs, while also using the study of alternative scenarios to minimize uncertainties and analyze different paths. The results of the CCV show that the acquisition of raw materials and inputs is the largest contributor to total costs, and that cement has a high economic and environmental impact. All the best alternative scenarios results than the reference scenario, mainly motivated by the replacement of Portland Common Cement by LC3 Cement. It is concluded that the inclusion of life cycle thinking in the decision-making process is in short generated to obtain a more sustainable production, since it considers the different stages of the life cycle.