Embodied GHG emissions of buildings – The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

Röck, Martin; Saade, Marcella Ruschi Mendes; Balouktsi, Maria; Rasmussen, Freja Nygaard; Birgisdóttir, Harpa; Frischknecht, Rolf; Habert, Guillaume; Lützkendorf, Thomas; Passer, Alexander

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114107

articleApplied EnergyNov 28, 2019HYBRID OA

Embodied GHG emissions of buildings – The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

MRMartin Röck MRMarcella Ruschi Mendes Saade MBMaria Balouktsi FNFreja Nygaard Rasmussen HBHarpa Birgisdóttir

Graz University of Technology · Université de Sherbrooke · +4 more institutions

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Buildings are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contributors to the climate crisis. To meet climate-change mitigation needs, one must go beyond operational energy consumption and related GHG emissions of buildings and address their full life cycle. This study investigates the global trends of GHG emissions arising across the life cycle of buildings by systematically compiling and analysing more than 650 life cycle assessment (LCA) case studies. The results, presented for different energy performance classes based on a final sample of 238 cases, show a clear reduction trend in life cycle GHG emissions due to improved operational energy performance. However, the analysis reveals an increase in…

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Greenhouse gas
Climate change
Climate change mitigation
Environmental science
Embodied cognition
Natural resource economics
Business
Environmental planning

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