An Evaluation of the Impact of Databases on End-of-Life Embodied Carbon Estimation

Blay-Armah, Augustine; Bahadori-Jahromi, Ali; Mylona, Anastasia; Barthorpe, Mark; Ferri, Marco

doi:10.3390/su14042307

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“…The utilization of energy from fossil sources during these processes results in the emission of harmful substances into the environment [37]. Blay-Armah et al [39] suggest to repurposing and recycling building components materials during the end-of-life phase can substantially decrease carbon emissions.…”

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A Qualitative Review on the Strategies to Reduce the Buildings’ Carbon Emissions

Ayuningtias,

Berawi,

Sarojin

et al. 2024

E3S Web of Conf.

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As stated in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document, which establishes emission reduction objectives for 2030, the Government of Indonesia has ratified the Paris Agreement, a worldwide agreement to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and to address the consequences of climate change. This was accomplished through Law No. 16 of 2016. To achieve zero emissions, Indonesia focuses on reducing the use of fossil fuels, adopting environmentally friendly technologies, and increasing the utilization of renewable energy. Global environmental challenges, driven by climate change, have far-reaching implications, including severe health and economic consequences. This study aims to explores the strategies globally performed to reduce the carbon emissions of buildings. To obtain that objective, this study uses a qualitative literature review. The study shows that strategies that can help reduce the buildings carbon emissions include population dynamics, solar photovoltaic, solar water heaters, material use, energy consumption, building stock, and economic considerations. The finding presents a unique opportunity for prioritizing green building practices and carbon emission reduction strategies in Indonesia.

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Section: Icetia 2023mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Review on the Strategies to Reduce the Buildings’ Carbon Emissions

Ayuningtias,

Berawi,

Sarojin

et al. 2024

E3S Web of Conf.

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“…A substantial body of research has been dedicated to harmonising the methodological disparities among various LCA tools, thereby ensuring consistency in units and boundaries. Concurrently, considerable attention has also been directed towards regulating EC data governance and identifying key areas that require legislative reinforcement to fortify the EC data processing mechanism, particularly concerning elements beyond the control of individual parties [73]. Notably, the building construction sector, already renowned for its rigorous regulations, exhibits a certain reluctance to embrace additional directives such as EC data laws, prioritising other compliance measures.…”

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Digital Data Management Practices for Effective Embodied Carbon Estimation: A Systematic Evaluation of Barriers for Adoption in the Building Sector

Jayathilaka,

Thurairajah,

Rathnasinghe

2023

Sustainability

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The pervasive impact of industrialisation on our daily existence has precipitated carbon emissions that demand critical attention. Although international conventions and scholarly research have scrutinised carbon emission sources and reduction strategies, the integration of digital tools and databases for estimating embodied carbon emissions remains in an incipient phase. Consequently, this review study aims to seek to optimise opportunities for digital transformation and sustainable practices while addressing the digital carbon footprint in the building sector. Employing the PRISMA guidelines, we systematically analysed 59 publications amassed from Scopus and Web of Science databases. The study’s search parameters encompassed the analytical dimensions of “embodied carbon”, “emission data”, and “barriers to digital transformation”. Through this rigorous process, 32 salient challenges and barriers were synthesised, encapsulated within four overarching parameters: traceability, accuracy, auditability, and efficiency. At its core, this study’s primary objective resides in the evaluation of existing barriers and challenges within the realm of carbon emission estimation. By doing so, it aspires to proffer a cogent knowledge model capable of catalysing the development of digital methodologies and models that can, with a high degree of accuracy, assess the burgeoning digital carbon footprint within the expansive domain of the building sector.

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“…It is difficult to trace to the sources and operate with multi-objective assessment. In addition, these methods conflict in various dimensions, and lack a complete life cycle database with high quality data relevant to China's national conditions [27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. In addition, due to the differences in current assessment methodologies, there is no standard to integrate LCA and LCC, and conflicting assessment results lead to confused decision-making [34].…”

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Study on an Integrated LCA-LCC Model for Assessment of Highway Engineering Technical Schemes

et al. 2022

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This paper proposes an integrated life cycle assessment-life cycle cost (LCA-LCC) model of environmental and economic factors for highway engineering technical schemes to problems such as the limitations of single-dimensional assessment, their narrow scope, the difficulty in tracing sources, and the conflicts of various dimensions in existing integrated assessment methods. The latest documents issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of Transport of China used as an integrated assessment database. Air pollution, water pollution, solid waste pollution, noise pollution, energy consumption, pre-project cost, project construction cost, project operation cost, and post-project cost were used to construct the integrated assessment index system of environmental and economic factors. An improved entropy method was adopted in the LCA-LCC model to overcome the problems of ambiguous results of the previous entropy due to too few assessment schemes, the inoperability of the method when it encounters a negative value or zero value, and unbalanced multi-angle assessments. This model was applied to the assessment of two asphalt pavement maintenance schemes of Highway US280 in Alabama and two improvement schemes of high liquid limit soil subgrade of Highway G360 in Hainan. The results show that the LCA-LCC model overcomes the limitations and imbalances of a single LCA or LCC. The gravel improved scheme and the cold recycling scheme were identified through quantitative assessment as more sustainable. This paper can provide a reference for the comprehensive quantitative assessment of environmental and economic benefits of highway engineering technical schemes.

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An Evaluation of the Impact of Databases on End-of-Life Embodied Carbon Estimation

Cited by 4 publications

References 32 publications

A Qualitative Review on the Strategies to Reduce the Buildings’ Carbon Emissions

A Qualitative Review on the Strategies to Reduce the Buildings’ Carbon Emissions

Digital Data Management Practices for Effective Embodied Carbon Estimation: A Systematic Evaluation of Barriers for Adoption in the Building Sector

Study on an Integrated LCA-LCC Model for Assessment of Highway Engineering Technical Schemes

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