Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: The next performance gap made manifest
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1456479
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.049
- Title of journal
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Article number
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- First page
- 2431
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1364-0321
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an early-stage design-decision tool for buildings but there are variations in how the method is used. This paper reports that results from different methodological assumptions for embodied carbon assessment may differ by two orders of magnitude. The paper makes the important recommendation that embodied carbon calculations should be included at the design stage in national building regulations, to mitigate detrimental environmental consequences as well as unmet carbon targets, both nationally and internationally. The paper was referenced in a white paper by the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute and was also reported by the World Economic Forum.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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