A database tool for systematic analysis of embodied emissions in buildings and neighborhoods

Eirik Resch*, Inger Andresen

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Abstract

There is a growing body of research on the embodied emissions of individual buildings, but the results and methods remain mostly inaccessible and incomparable due to insufficient reported information, and differences in system boundaries, methods, and data used. This inhibits further utilization of the results in statistical applications and makes interpretation and validation of results difficult. The database tool presented in this paper attempts to mitigate these challenges by systematizing and storing all relevant information for these studies in a compatible format. The tool enables comparison of results across system boundaries, improves the transparency and reproducibility of the assessments, and makes utilization of the results in statistical applications possible. Statistical applications include embodied emission benchmarking, identifying emission drivers, and quantifying relationships between variables. Other applications of the tool include the assessment of embodied emissions of buildings and neighborhoods. This paper presents the tool and exemplifies its use with preliminary results based on a dataset of 11 buildings. Work is ongoing to expand the dataset, which will provide more comprehensive results.
Original languageEnglish
Article number106
JournalBuildings
Volume8
Issue number8
Number of pages16
ISSN2075-5309
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Embodied emissions
  • Carbon footprint
  • Benchmark
  • Comparative Analysis
  • Reproducibility
  • Reporting
  • Validation

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