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Unlike individual products that have well-defined shelf lives, buildings stand for decades and endure climatic extremes, making it difficult to execute life cycle assessments. The arsenal of tools to perform LCAs is expanding to meet the growing interest in a concept that allows architects to take a long-term approach to sustainability.
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While they may seem like an odd couple, prefabricated housing -- in which most of a home's structure is pre-built in a factory then assembled on-site -- is an oddly natural partner for the green movement.