Carbon and beyond
Mitigating embodied impacts through building design and material selection strategies
- By Thomas Kwan & Qingshi Tu
- 23 Sep 2024
- 3 min read
Overview
- The impact of the built environment on our planet's future is a critical area of study
- There is an urgent need to address the environmental impact of buildings, particularly the embodied environmental impacts
- As buildings become more energy efficient in their operations, the embodied impacts become increasingly significant
The price of our urban landscapes
Buildings account for approximately 40% of global energy consumption and one-third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Strategies for reduction
Material efficiency and recycled content strategies are highly effective in reducing embodied impacts across all categories studied
Water-energy-carbon-ecotoxicity nexus
For every 1% implementation of these strategies, approximately 0.7-0.8% reduction is achieved in global warming potential, water depletion potential, fossil depletion potential, and ecotoxicity
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