Embodied carbon in buildings measurement, management, and mitigation /
This book provides a single-source reference for whole life embodied impacts of buildings. The comprehensive and persuasive text, written by over 50 invited experts from across the world, offers an indispensable resource both to newcomers and to established practitioners in the field. Ultimately it...
| Other Authors: | Pomponi, Francesco,, De Wolf, Catherine,, Moncaster, Alice,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Foreword; The Editors; Introduction; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Measurement; Chapter 1: Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission?; Introduction; Uncertainty in LCA; Types of Uncertainty; Approaches to Deal with Uncertainties in LCA; LCAs of Buildings with Uncertainty Analysis; The Inclusion of Uncertainty Analysis in LCAs; Illustration Case Implementation; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Probabilistic Approaches to the Measurement of Embodied Carbon in Buildings; Introduction; Sources of Uncertainty.
- Representation of UncertaintyCurrent Measurement; Life Cycle Measurement; Tree Representations; Monte Carlo Simulation; Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; Risk Aversion; Time Preference; Sensitivity Analysis; Measurement and Decision Making; Flexible Strategies; Worked Example; Introduction; Basis for Measurement; System Boundaries and Assumptions; Framing the Life Cycle Model; Data; Method of Measurement: Deterministic Analysis; Method of Measurement: Probabilistic Analysis; Results: Deterministic Analysis; Results: Probabilistic Analysis; Sensitivity Analysis; Conclusions; References.
- Chapter 3: Uncertainty Assessment of Comparative Design Stage Embodied Carbon AssessmentsIntroduction; Review of Uncertainty Literature; Identifying Relevant Sources of Uncertainty; Method; Scope of the Uncertainty Assessment; Eliciting Expert Judgements of Uncertainty for Steel and Timber; Elicited Statistical Uncertainties; Elicited Scenario Uncertainties; Steel; Timber; Case Study: Steel Vs. Glulam Structural Frame; Scope and Boundaries; Case Study Results; Discussion; Conclusions and Further Work; References.
- Chapter 4: Embodied Carbon of Wood and Reinforced Concrete Structures Under Chronic and Acute HazardsIntroduction; EC Accounting Methodologies; Quantifying the EC of Buildings Under Chronic Hazards; Reinforced Concrete; Chloride-Induced Corrosion; Freeze-Thaw Deterioration; Sulfate Attack; Carbonation-Induced Corrosion and Carbon Sequestration; Shrinkage and Creep; Wood and Engineered Wood; TimberLife: Service-Life Prediction Software; Quantifying the EC of Buildings Under Acute Hazards; Overview; A Review of Loss-Estimation Methodologies.
- Quantifying EC by Extending Loss-Estimation MethodologiesExemplifying the Calculation of EC; Reinforced Concrete Buildings; Wood-Frame Buildings; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Embodied Carbon of Surfaces: Inclusion of Surface Albedo Accounting in Life-Cycle Assessment; Introduction; Aim of the Research and Methodology; Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes and Surface Albedo; Surface Albedo and the Building Sector; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Structural Material Choices Using Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study.