Decarbonization potentials of the embodied energy use and operational process in buildings: A review from the life-cycle perspective [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Accounting for one third of global energy-related carbon emissions, the construction and operation of buildings are crucial for mitigating climate change.
Yumin Liang +6 more
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Analysis of the Embodied Energy and CO2 Emissions of Ready-Mixed Concrete: A Case Study in Cuenca, Ecuador [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2022 Concrete is the most commonly construction material used worldwide. In contrast to other countries, Ecuador lacks studies that determine the environmental impact of the production of construction materials.
Karla Vázquez-Calle +2 more
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Sustainability of Building Materials: Embodied Energy and Embodied Carbon of Masonry
Energies, 2023 The growing attention to sustainability and life cycle issues by European and international policies has recently encouraged the adoption, in the construction sector, of environmental labels able to quantify the impacts on environment associated with the
Francesco Asdrubali +4 more
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Embodied Energy in Export Flows Along Global Value Chain: A Case Study of China’s Export Trade
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021 Energy issues are closely related to the development of human society and economy. Embodied energy is the total direct and indirect energy consumption required for the production of goods and services.
Boya Zhang, Shukuan Bai, Yadong Ning
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Embodied Energy and Embodied GWP of Windows: A Critical Review
Energies, 2021 The construction sector is one of the most energy-intensive in the industrialized countries. In order to limit climate change emissions throughout the entire life cycle of a building, in addition to reducing energy consumption in the operational phase ...
Francesco Asdrubali +2 more
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Hybrid input-output analysis of embodied energy security [PDF]
Appl Energy, 2020 National energy security depends on a stable network of international trade in not only primary energy (e.g., crude oil and natural gas) and secondary energy (electricity), but also embodied energy.
J. U. Shepard, Lincoln F. Pratson
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Embodied energy and intensity in China’s (normal and processing) exports and their driving forces, 2005-2015 [PDF]
Energy Econ, 2020 International trade has important impacts on a country’s energy consumption. This paper first uses the time-series (2005–2015) extended input-output database to study China’s embodied energy and intensity in both normal and processing exports. Structural
Bang-Zhu Zhu, B. Su, Ying-Zhu Li, T. Ng
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Buildings, 2022 Energy use in the building sector is considered among major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions and related environmental impacts. While striving to reduce the energy consumption from this sector, it is important to avoid burden shifting from one ...
Abdul Rauf
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Energies, 2020 Knowledge and research tying the environmental impact and embodied energy together is a largely unexplored area in the building industry. The aim of this study is to investigate the practicality of using the ratio between embodied energy and embodied ...
Ming Hu
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Inter-provincial water-energy-carbon transfer and its efficiency in China: the perspective of land use [PDF]
Carbon Balance and ManagementBackground Revealing inter-regional water-energy-carbon transfer driven by land use has great significance for realizing multiple objectives of resource collaborative optimization and carbon mitigation, yet land-use WEC accounting at the provincial scale
Chen Cai +7 more
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