THE IMPACT OF THE SELECTION OF THE PERIMETER WALL OF A FAMILY HOUSE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE LIFE CYCLE AND ITS COSTS

The paper is aimed at assessing the reference building of a family house with two types of perimeter walls: timber frame house and brick house. The reference building was designed according to the realized questionnaire survey and represents the ideas of potential customers of the construction of a family house. The goal was to evaluate the lifecycle of the house according to the design of two types of perimeter walls. Other parameters of the building were considered constant for both house solutions. We used the Envimat, software tool to evaluate the life cycle impact assessment with using available methods and input materials databases like an Ecoinvent. Both versions were also evaluated in terms of life cycle cost.