Life cycle carbon dioxide assessment tool for buildings in the schematic design phase

Cheonghoon Baek; Sang Hoon Park; Michiya Suzuki; Sang Ho Lee

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.01.025

Life cycle carbon dioxide assessment tool for buildings in the schematic design phase

Cheonghoon Baek, Sang Hoon Park, Michiya Suzuki, Sang Ho Lee

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

The existing assessment tools for the life cycle carbon dioxide (LCCO ₂) have certain limitations in that users have to directly enter quantities of materials after the construction document phase and they are likely to find it difficult to formulate an optimal strategy to reduce CO ₂ emissions. Therefore, Global Environmental Model/Management-21P (GEM-21P) was developed for establishing a responsive and accurate system for suggesting methods for high energy efficiency in the planning phase. The objective of this study is to identify the requisites for an LCCO₂ assessment program that is based on the technical elements of GEM-21P and that can be used in the schematic design phase. The life cycle of a building is divided into four stages: material production, construction, operation, and dismantlement/disposal. Further, the technical elements of GEM-21P are examined for assessing CO₂ emissions in each of the stages. On the basis of the examination results, we specify the requisites for a system that can assess, in the planning phase, the CO₂ emitted from a building during its entire life.Crown

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-287
Number of pages	13
Journal	Energy and Buildings
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.01.025
Publication status	Published - 2013

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2012R1A1A2044577 , 2012R1A1A2042535 , No. 20120000723 ).

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