TY - GEN
T1 - Embodied greenhouse gas emissions reduction for structural elements in office buildings
AU - Alaux, Nicolas
AU - Hoxha, Endrit
AU - Saade, Marcella Ruschi Mendes
AU - Passer, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was developed in the course of the ongoing research project “Transition of the procurement process towards Paris compatible public buildings” (ParisBuildings), conducted by the Working Group on Sustainable Construction from the Graz University of Technology and financially supported by the Klima-und Energiefonds, ACRP11 KR18AC0K14693. The authors appreciate the support of Barbara Truger and Martin Röck for their advice in the elaboration of the presented results. The authors would also like to thank David Gierlinger, whose elaborate master thesis could be used as a basis for the case studies analysed in this paper.
Funding Information:
This paper was developed in the course of the ongoing research project “Transition of the procurement process towards Paris compatible public buildings” (ParisBuildings), conducted by the Working Group on Sustainable Construction from the Graz University of Technology and financially supported by the Klima- und Energiefonds, ACRP11 KR18AC0K14693. The authors appreciate the support of Barbara Truger and Martin Röck for their advice in the elaboration of the presented results. The authors would also like to thank David Gierlinger, whose elaborate master thesis could be used as a basis for the case studies analysed in this paper.
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PY - 2021/11/18
Y1 - 2021/11/18
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012165
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012165
M3 - Conference article in Journal
AN - SCOPUS:85120918312
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 2042
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012165
T2 - 2021 International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities - Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era, CISBAT 2021
Y2 - 8 September 2021 through 10 September 2021
ER -