lifecycle analyses Of materials can help
us understand, then reduce these impacts.
DID YOU KNOW
cOnstructiOn, OperatiOn
and decOnstructiOn
Of Buildings
IS
rESPonSIbLE
For
35
%
40
%
USES
Of the wOrld’s
natural resOurces.
Of the wOrld’s
greenhOuse gas
emissiOns.*
MATERIALs
*
sOurce: united natiOns envirOnment prOgramme -
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