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Development of a Carbon Emission Calculations System for Optimizing Building Plan Based on the LCA Framework
Joint Authors
Fu, Feifei
Hill, Andrew
Luo, Hanbin
Zhong, Hua
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Life cycle thinking has become widely applied in the assessment for building environmental performance.
Various tool are developed to support the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) method.
This paper focuses on the carbon emission during the building construction stage.
A partial LCA framework is established to assess the carbon emission in this phase.
Furthermore, five typical LCA tools programs have been compared and analyzed for demonstrating the current application of LCA tools and their limitations in the building construction stage.
Based on the analysis of existing tools and sustainability demands in building, a new computer calculation system has been developed to calculate the carbon emission for optimizing the sustainability during the construction stage.
The system structure and detail functions are described in this paper.
Finally, a case study is analyzed to demonstrate the designed LCA framework and system functions.
This case is based on a typical building in UK with different plans of masonry wall and timber frame to make a comparison.
The final results disclose that a timber frame wall has less embodied carbon emission than a similar masonry structure.
16% reduction was found in this study.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fu, Feifei& Luo, Hanbin& Zhong, Hua& Hill, Andrew. 2014. Development of a Carbon Emission Calculations System for Optimizing Building Plan Based on the LCA Framework. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488572
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fu, Feifei…[et al.]. Development of a Carbon Emission Calculations System for Optimizing Building Plan Based on the LCA Framework. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488572
American Medical Association (AMA)
Fu, Feifei& Luo, Hanbin& Zhong, Hua& Hill, Andrew. Development of a Carbon Emission Calculations System for Optimizing Building Plan Based on the LCA Framework. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488572
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-488572