Embodied greenhouse gas emissions reduction for structural elements in office buildings

Nicolas Alaux; Endrit Hoxha; Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade; Alexander Passer

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012165

Embodied greenhouse gas emissions reduction for structural elements in office buildings

Nicolas Alaux^*, Endrit Hoxha, Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade, Alexander Passer

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Abstract

In order to reach the COP21 objectives, mitigation strategies must be identified in all economic sectors. In Austria, the construction sector represents one of the greatest sources of carbon intensive activities. Within this sector, buildings have a significant role to play. Through a systematic literature review, this paper identifies strategies to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of structural building materials. Then, by implementing the most promising alternatives in building case studies and performing a life cycle assessment, up to 15% reduction of the embodied greenhouse gas emissions was observed. This paper, however, intends to show that there is no technology that is intrinsically best at surpassing all others.

Original language	English
Article number	012165
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	2042
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012165
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2021

Keywords

systematic literature review (SLR)
Life cycle assessment (LCA )
Embodied greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
Structural building materials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Sustainable Systems

UN SDGs

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Embodied greenhouse gas emissions reduction for structural elements in office buildings

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