The thesis explores the topic of social impact within the framework of the built environment, with a specific focus on the social housing sector. Furthermore, the thesis investigates the relationship between social impact and the temporal dimension of a building's life cycle. In recent years, the measurement of life cycle impacts in building, known as life cycle assessment (LCA), has become increasingly consolidated (Zhang, et al., 2025) (Gueinèe, et al., 2011), especially regarding environmental issues, through environmental life cycle assessment (Khasreen, Bangill, & Menzies, 2009) and economic, through life cycle cost assessment (Zhao & Li, 2021) dimensions. The growing awareness for life cycle assessment methodology for the built environment is due to the recognition of sustainability issues caused by the construction sector. Considering that impacts have different areas of effect, such as the environmental, the economic, and the social, it's important to note that the social sphere is still lacking research (Nurul Elma Kordi, 2021) for achieving sustainability studies throughout the life cycle of a building. Given these premises, the thesis seeks to investigate the social dimension of the built environment by applying the life cycle assessment methodology in line with the new standard ISO 14075:2024, Environmental management — Principles and framework for social life cycle assessment (International Organization for Standardization, 2024). The recently published standard extends the LCA framework by introducing a social perspective into product assessment. Considering the growing relevance of social considerations in the sustainable building practice (Berardi, 2013) the objective of this work is to assess the applicability of the standard ISO 14075:2024 in the built environment. The expected outcome is a methodological framework to support the assessment of social impacts on the built environment, grounded in the principles of the ISO 14075:2024 standard and supported by previous theoretical contributions. The proposed framework has been tested through a case study of the Abitare cooperative in Milan, with the purpose of providing practical and objective insight into the social dimension of sustainable architecture and urban development.
La tesi esplora il tema dell’impatto sociale all’interno del quadro dell’ambiente costruito, con un focus specifico sul settore dell’housing sociale. Inoltre, la tesi indagherà il rapporto tra impatto sociale e fattore temporale in riferimento al ciclo di vita di un edificio. Negli ultimi anni, la misurazione degli impatti lungo il ciclo di vita degli edifici, nota come life cycle assessment (LCA), si è progressivamente consolidata (Zhang, et al., 2025) (Gueinèe, et al., 2011), in particolare per quanto riguarda la dimensione ambientale, attraverso la environmental life cycle assessment (Khasreen, Bangill, & Menzies, 2009), e quella economica, mediante la life cycle cost assessment (Zhao & Li, 2021). La crescente attenzione verso la metodologia LCA applicata all’ambiente costruito è dovuta al riconoscimento delle problematiche di sostenibilità generate dal settore delle costruzioni. Considerando che gli impatti si manifestano in diverse aree di influenza — ambientale, economica e sociale — è importante sottolineare come la sfera sociale sia ancora caratterizzata da una carenza di studi (Nurul Elma Kordi, 2021) nell’analisi della sostenibilità lungo il ciclo di vita di un edificio. Alla luce di queste premesse, il presente studio intende indagare la dimensione sociale dell’ambiente costruito applicando la metodologia del life cycle assessment in conformità al nuovo standard ISO 14075:2024, Environmental management — Principles and framework for social life cycle assessment (International Organization for Standardization, 2024). Lo standard, pubblicato recentemente, estende il quadro concettuale del LCA introducendo una prospettiva sociale nella valutazione dei prodotti. Considerata la crescente rilevanza delle dimensioni sociali nella pratica dell’edilizia sostenibile (Berardi, 2013) l’obiettivo di questo lavoro è valutare l’applicabilità dello standard ISO 14075:2024 all’ambiente costruito. L’obiettivo principale consiste nello sviluppo di un quadro metodologico in grado di valutare l’impatto sociale dell’ambiente del costruito, fondato sui principi dello standard ISO 14075:2024 e supportato dai precedenti contributi teorici. Il framework proposto verrà validato attraverso un caso studio relativo alla cooperativa Abitare a Milano, con lo scopo di fornire un contributo pratico e oggettivo alla comprensione della dimensione sociale dell’architettura sostenibile e dello sviluppo urbano.
Implementation of the ISO 14075 standard in Social Life Cycle Assessment: a case study application for housing project
Saviori, Claudia
2024/2025
Abstract
The thesis explores the topic of social impact within the framework of the built environment, with a specific focus on the social housing sector. Furthermore, the thesis investigates the relationship between social impact and the temporal dimension of a building's life cycle. In recent years, the measurement of life cycle impacts in building, known as life cycle assessment (LCA), has become increasingly consolidated (Zhang, et al., 2025) (Gueinèe, et al., 2011), especially regarding environmental issues, through environmental life cycle assessment (Khasreen, Bangill, & Menzies, 2009) and economic, through life cycle cost assessment (Zhao & Li, 2021) dimensions. The growing awareness for life cycle assessment methodology for the built environment is due to the recognition of sustainability issues caused by the construction sector. Considering that impacts have different areas of effect, such as the environmental, the economic, and the social, it's important to note that the social sphere is still lacking research (Nurul Elma Kordi, 2021) for achieving sustainability studies throughout the life cycle of a building. Given these premises, the thesis seeks to investigate the social dimension of the built environment by applying the life cycle assessment methodology in line with the new standard ISO 14075:2024, Environmental management — Principles and framework for social life cycle assessment (International Organization for Standardization, 2024). The recently published standard extends the LCA framework by introducing a social perspective into product assessment. Considering the growing relevance of social considerations in the sustainable building practice (Berardi, 2013) the objective of this work is to assess the applicability of the standard ISO 14075:2024 in the built environment. The expected outcome is a methodological framework to support the assessment of social impacts on the built environment, grounded in the principles of the ISO 14075:2024 standard and supported by previous theoretical contributions. The proposed framework has been tested through a case study of the Abitare cooperative in Milan, with the purpose of providing practical and objective insight into the social dimension of sustainable architecture and urban development.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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