SOCIAL LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN AUSTRALIA

This paper advocates the need for expansive stakeholder involvement as well as develops a framework for achieving holistic social life cycle impact assessment for public buildings in Australia. It uses a hybrid approach (top-down and bottom-up approach) in collating social data on the project and examines the six stakeholder categories highlighted in the UNEP S-LCA Guidelines. 11 key midpoint indicators (involvement, social capital, functional planning, privacy, health, capacity building, energy efficiency, materiality, health, and safety, working hours and fair salary) and 5 endpoint indicators (acceptability, satisfaction, respect, value for money and economic welfare) were identified in the public building project. This paper, therefore, examines the role that stakeholders play towards social well-being in a public building as well as recognising the need for all stakeholders to contribute to enhancing human well-being.