CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT OF

BUILDINGS

Elmiira Ebrahimimahin, Muneeb Abbassi, M. Umar Riaz, Farid Ullah, Ahsan Abid Kalim, Kim Ngan Dau, Guillermo Munoz

MANAGEMENT OF LIFE CYCLE OF BUILDINGS

STUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

1. INTR

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CARBON FOOTPRINT CONTRIBUTED BY BUILDINGS

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LIFE-CYCLE CARBON FOOTPRINT INDICATOR

Measures the CO2 emission throughout the life cycle of building.

Uses:

Production and Transport Phases

Production and Transport Phases

Construction Phase

Use, Maintenace,Repair and Operational Phases

Demolition and Waste Processing and Disposal Phases

Estimation Process

STANDARD MATERIAL EMISSIONS

Estimation Tool

3. EXAMPL

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EXAMPLES AND COUNTRIES SPECIFIC VARIATIONS

 

ENGINEERING PAVILION

(AKA BUILDING

216)

INNOVATION PARK DIAVILLA

COUNTRY Perth, Australia Ganjingzi District

China Pori, Finland

USAGE University Building University Building

Residential building, senior

center

GROSS AREA 4020 m2 36 500 m2 3 486 m2

PERIOD TO BE

ASSESSED

50 years 50 years 50 years

AUSTRALIA

CHINA

Energy: 1369.23 MJ/m2

CO2 Em: 318.64 kg/m2

Most of the data obtained from literature.

Eco-friendly energy sources not included in the study

STUDY RESULTS

EN 15978 assessment method

Construction phase: estimation

Use phase: refrigerants excluded

Repair and refurbishment excluded

  Life-cycle phase CO2 emissions (Metric tons)

 A1-A3 Product phase 741

A4-A5 Construction phase 62

A Total before use phase 803

B1 B1 Use -41

B2 B2 Maintenance 23

B3 B3 Repair –

B4 B4 Replacement 50

B5 B5 Refurbishment –

B6 B6 Operational energy use

4 610

B7 B7 Operational water use 90

B B Total, use phase 4 730

C1-C4 C1-C4 Total, end-of-life phase

64

A-C A-C Total, life-cycle 5 600

D D Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary

-243

FINLAND

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  DiaVilla Engineering Pavilion (aka Building 216) Innovation Park

PROCEDURE

1. Product phase2. Construction phase3. Use4. Maintenance5. Replacement6. Operational energy/

water use

1. Supply of Construction materials stage

2. Construction stage3. Usage stage

1. Building material production

2. Building construction

3. Building operation4. Building demolition

METHOD

Not applicable Investigation and obtain of the inventory Steps in the assessment: (i) calculation of total

gases produced; and (ii) calculation of CO2-

equivalent.

Collecting data from •site measurements •literature

Using different parameter values and sources to calculate 

TOOLNot applicable Computer software

DatabaseLiterature 

TOTAL OUTCOME

5 600 tonnes of CO2-e 14 299 tonnes of CO2-e 581 520 tonnes of CO2-e

EMISSIONS OF 1 M2

1 456.96 kg/ m2 3 556.97 kg/ m2 15 932.05 kg/ m2

SIMILARITIES

Operation stage – Concrete materials

Comparison between Countries and Approaches

CONCLUSION