1. A screening life cycle analysis of a hospital building in Flanders
Milena Stevanovic
Doctoral Leuven
Project STUDIO Architects, Planners & Designers 1

2. Summary
Introduction
Objective
Methods
Results
Conclusions

3. Objectives
gain better insights into the environmental impacts and financial costs of hospital buildings
reveal the major obstacles for a quantitative approach when assessing the hospital building sustainability
identify the hotspots from both an environmental and economic point of view

4. State-of-the-art – Building sustainability assessment tools
Certification schemes – qualitative tools
Life cycle assessment tools – quantitative tools
qualitative tools
quantitative tools
(MMG)

5. The strength of the research project
Integrated life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) approach
Based on an existing LCA and LCC-based method of the KU Leuven
LCA
LCC
Economic sustainability = LCC
Environmental sustainability = LCA
Social sustainability = sLCA

6. Methodology
Life cycle assessment (LCA) - MMG method + KU Leuven - Excel-based tool
Life cycle costing (LCC) - Excel-based tool developed at the Architectural Engineering division (KUL)

7. Methodology
Life cycle assessment (LCA) - MMG method + KU Leuven - Excel-based tool
Life cycle costing (LCC) - Excel-based tool developed at the Architectural Engineering division (KUL)

8. AZ Sint-Maarten (Mechelen) - case study
data availability
one of the most recent company’s projects in Flanders (still under construction)

9. Results
Environmental costs of the general hospital Sint-Maarten - life cycle phases

10. Results
Financial costs of the general hospital Sint-Maarten – life cycle phases

11. Results
Total cost – life cycle phases (environmental + financial costs)

12. Results
Impact indicators - CEN

13. Results
Impact indicators – CEN+

14. Conclusions and further research
methodology of the research division ‘Architectural Engineering’ needs adaptations to ensure applicability on hospital buildings
Identification of the three major hotspots:
a) electricity use for hospital appliances (HVAC and medical apparatus) and lighting
b) spatial heating and
c) material production processes

15. Conclusions and further research
elaborate an extensive database with predefined technical solutions for each of the building elements
include the HVAC installations
transport from and to the hospital (patients, staff, logistics)

16. Thank you ! milena.stevanovic@kuleuven.be
Division of Architectural Engineering
Department of Architecture - Faculty of Engineering Science
KU Leuven
Kasteelpark Arenberg 1 box 2431 | B-3OO1 Leuven