Author: David R. WilliamsPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Climate Change Influence on Building Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Structural Materials and Global Climate
Author: Carbon Task Group (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780784414934
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This primer on greenhouse gas emissions for the structural engineering community focuses on the impact of structural materials and systems on global climate.
Buildings and Climate Change
Author: Pekka HuovilaPublisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789280727951
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The building sector contributes up to 40 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from energy use during the life time of buildings. Identifying opportunities to reduce these emissions has become a priority in the global effort to reduce climate change. This publicatiion provides an overview of current knowledge about greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, and presents opportunities for their minimisation.
Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Commercial Buildings
Author: Cuong N. N. TranPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000409155
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design options. It also draws comparisons between some of the many green building rating tools that have been developed worldwide to support sustainable development. These include: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) by the Building Research Establishment, Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE) by the Japanese Sustainable Building Consortium, and Green Star Environmental Rating System by the Green Building Council of Australia. Life-cycle assessment (LCA), life-cycle energy consumption, and life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions form the three pillars of life-cycle studies, which have been used to evaluate environmental impacts of building construction. Assessment of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings is one of the significant obstacles in evaluating green building performance. This book explains the methodology for achieving points for the categories associated with reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the Australian Green Star rating system. The model for the assessment uses GaBi 8.7 platform along with Visual Basic in Microsoft Excel and shows the relationship between the building’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions released during the lifetime of the building. The data gathered in the book also illustrates that the green building design and specifications are becoming more popular and are being increasingly utilized in Australia. This book is important reading for anyone interested in sustainable construction, green design and buildings and LCA tools.
Lifetime Environmental Impact of Buildings
Author: Marc MéquignonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319066412
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
This work discusses the impact of the life of buildings on sustainable development methods. The study of the lifespan of the building is used to assess and manage the environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life, from raw material extraction through to repair, maintenance and 'end of life' scenarios. While several papers have discussed the greenhouse gas emissions of buildings, less research has been done on how these are affected by the lifespan of the building. This book serves to highlight the pertinence of this factor and contributes to providing new ideas on efficiency within the life cycle assessment of a structure.
The Effect on Climate Change Impacts for Building Products when Including the Timing of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Greenhouse gases (GHGs) trap infrared radiation emitting from the Earth's surface to generate the "greenhouse effect" thus keeping the planet warm. Many natural activities including rotting vegetation emit GHGs such as carbon dioxide to produce this natural affect. However, in the last 200 years or so, human activity has increased the atmospheric concentrations of GHGs mostly from burning fossil fuels resulting in climate change (i.e. additional warming). Global warming potential (GWP) measures the impact from climate change but does not consider the timing of the GHG emissions. Traditional (static) life-cycle assessments (LCAs) use GWP. However, GHG emissions for building products may occur decades after initial product production and installation. A new dynamic methodology was created for long-lived products using wood flooring as an example over a 100-year time horizon. The new methodology demonstrated the time-dependent climate change impact metric using cumulative radiative forcing. Similar to the concept of net present value, time-zero equivalent (TIZE) generates a single value where future negative and positive radiative forcing impacts are brought back to year zero. TIZE100 values for fossil carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide were found for two wood flooring products, prefinished solid strip hardwood (SSHF) and prefinished engineered wood (EWF). Results were reported in kg CO2-eq per functional unit of product for TIZE100 and GWP100. The functional unit was one m2 of installed flooring in service for 80 years. The service life for SSHF and EWF are 80 and 40 years, respectively. TIZE100 values were less than the GWP100 values. For SSHF, GWP100 and TIZE100 values were 20.9 and 15.6 kg CO2-eq per functional unit, a 25% decrease. For EWF, GWP100 and TIZE100 values were 34.7 and 28.9 kg CO2-eq per functional unit, a 17% decrease. SSHF had the greatest reduction for TIZE mainly because of its longer service life resulting in less GHG emissions at end-of-life. Including timing of GHG emissions by using the TIZE (dynamic) methodology provides greater precision on the impacts of climate change than GWP (static) does. Additionally, because TIZE and GWP use the same reporting unit, kg CO2-eq TIZE could be an alternative to GWP.
Handbook of Energy Use for Building Construction
Author: Carbon Footprint and the Industrial Life Cycle
Author: Roberto Álvarez FernándezPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319549847
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
This book analyzes the relationship between large-scale industrial activity and the carbon footprint, and provides a theoretical framework and tools to calculate the carbon footprint of industrial activities at every stage of their life cycles, including urban-planning master plans, recycling activities, project and building stages as well as managing and manufacturing. Discussing the main preventative and corrective measures that can be utilized, it includes case studies, reports on technological developments and examples of successful policies to provide inspiration to readers. This book collects the contributions of authors from four continents, in order to analyze from as many as possible points of view and using many different approaches, the problem of sustainability in today’s globalized world.
Introduction to Climate Change Management
Author: John C. ShidelerPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030879186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This book provides climate students with the basic scientific background to climate change management. Students will learn about international and national approaches to climate change management defined in voluntary initiatives as well as in national law and international agreements. The book describes mitigation and adaptation measures, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for achieving a low-carbon economy, including green finance. This book combines theory and practice, introducing students to the conceptual background but also taking a professional and technical approach with case studies and low carbon toolkits. Filled with didactic elements such as concept schemes, tables, charts, figures, examples, as well as questions and answers at the end of the chapters, this book aims to engage critical thinking and the discussion of important topics of our days. The low-carbon strategy is one of the answers to limiting the greenhouse effect on our planet. This strategy is to minimize the overall carbon consumption in the life cycle of the products we consume, from the extraction of raw materials to the end of their life. The future is being built today. This book will guide its readers along the path of imagining and realizing a low-carbon economy.”
Delivering on the Climate Emergency
Author: Deo PrasadPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811963711
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This book focuses on the transition towards net-zero carbon built environments to deliver on the climate emergency. It provides an evidence-based roadmap and proposes guidelines to achieving targets covering emerging technologies, materials, innovative design, regulations and policies.