Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission?  (M. A. Mendoza Beltran, Francesco Pomponi, J. B. Guinée, R. Heijungs)....Pages 3-21
 Probabilistic Approaches to the Measurement of Embodied Carbon in Buildings  (J. Gantner, W. Fawcett, I. Ellingham)....Pages 23-50
 Uncertainty Assessment of Comparative Design Stage Embodied Carbon Assessments  (S. Richardson, K. Hyde, J. Connaughton)....Pages 51-76
 Embodied Carbon of Wood and Reinforced Concrete Structures Under Chronic and Acute Hazards  (A. Souto-Martinez, E. J. Sutley, A. B. Liel, W. V. Srubar III)....Pages 77-103
 Embodied Carbon of Surfaces: Inclusion of Surface Albedo Accounting in Life-Cycle Assessment  (Tiziana Susca)....Pages 105-122
 Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Structural Material Choices Using Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study  (D. Davies, L. Johnson, B. Doepker, M. Hedlund)....Pages 123-142
 Analysis of Embodied Carbon in Buildings Supported by a Data Validation System  (Nuri Cihan Kayaçetin, Ali Murat Tanyer)....Pages 143-164
Front Matter ....Pages 165-165
 Embodied Carbon Tools for Architects and Clients Early in the Design Process  (R. Marsh, F. Nygaard Rasmussen, H. Birgisdottir)....Pages 167-190
 Embodied Carbon Research and Practice: Different Ends and Means or a Third Way  (B. Cousins-Jenvey)....Pages 191-215
 Embodied Carbon in Construction, Maintenance and Demolition in Buildings  (G. K. C. Ding)....Pages 217-245
 Carbon and Cost Hotspots: An Embodied Carbon Management Approach During Early Stages of Design  (Michele Victoria, Srinath Perera)....Pages 247-262
Front Matter ....Pages 263-263
 Applying Circular Economic Principles to Reduce Embodied Carbon  (Danielle Densley Tingley, Jannik Giesekam, Simone Cooper-Searle)....Pages 265-285
 Embodied Carbon of Sustainable Technologies  (S. Finnegan)....Pages 287-300
 Accounting for Embodied Carbon Emissions in Planning and Optimisation of Transport Activities During Construction  (Ahmed W. A. Hammad, Ali Akbarnezhad, David Rey)....Pages 301-321
 Design Strategies for Low Embodied Carbon in Building Materials  (Marianne Kjendseth Wiik, Selamawit Mamo Fufa, Inger Andresen)....Pages 323-339
 Embodied Carbon of Tall Buildings: Specific Challenges  (Donald Davies, Dario Trabucco)....Pages 341-364
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 Managing Embodied Carbon in Africa Through a Carbon Trading Scheme  (N. Kibwami, A. Tutesigensi)....Pages 367-392
 Embodied Carbon in Buildings: An Australian Perspective  (Robert H. Crawford, André Stephan, Monique Schmidt)....Pages 393-416
 Current Approaches for Embodied Carbon Assessment of Buildings in China: An Overview  (Jingke Hong, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Miaohan Tang)....Pages 417-442
 Embodied Carbon Measurement, Mitigation and Management Within Europe, Drawing on a Cross-Case Analysis of 60 Building Case Studies  (A. M. Moncaster, H. Birgisdottir, T. Malmqvist, F. Nygaard Rasmussen, A. Houlihan Wiberg, E. Soulti)....Pages 443-462
 Initiatives to Report and Reduce Embodied Carbon in North American Buildings  (Catherine De Wolf, K. Simonen, J. Ochsendorf)....Pages 463-482
 Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions  (Francesco Pomponi, Liliana Medina Campos)....Pages 483-503
Back Matter ....Pages 505-512