Reducing embodied energy in Australian building construction
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Paper/Presentation Title | Reducing embodied energy in Australian building construction |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Sattary, Sattar (Author) and Thorpe, David (Author) |
Editors | Egbu, Charles and Lou, Eric |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM 2011) |
ERA Conference ID | 42470 |
Journal Citation | 2, pp. 1055-1064 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780955239052 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.arcom.ac.uk |
Conference/Event | 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM 2011) |
Association of Researchers in Construction Management Annual Conference | |
Event Details | Association of Researchers in Construction Management Annual Conference ARCOM ARCOM Conference Rank A A A A A A A A A A A A A |
Event Details | 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM 2011) Parent Association of Researchers in Construction Management Annual Conference Event Date 05 to end of 07 Sep 2011 Event Location Bristol, United Kingdom |
Abstract | Climate change and global warming are well recognised as major issues in sustainable development, with the building sector being responsible for considerable global greenhouse gas emissions. Until fairly recently, it was generally considered that the embodied energy content of a building was small relative to the operating energy over the building s lifetime. However, recent research in Australia and elsewhere has shown that the embodied energy of construction processes for houses is equivalent to 10-15 years of operating energy. Therefore, reducing embodied energy in the construction process has now come into focus as a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. This paper makes the case for strongly considering the embodied energy of building materials in the building life cycle, and discusses methods that take into account selection and use of building materials to decrease the embodied energy used in construction processes. The methods and techniques are illustrated by a green star environmentally rated project in Australia, which achieves efficient embodied energy usage. |
Keywords | energy; environmental impact; green buildings; material management; sustainability |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 330204. Building information modelling and management |
400505. Construction materials | |
330105. Architectural science and technology | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1vw7/reducing-embodied-energy-in-australian-building-construction
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