The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment

ISBN-13: 9781032234878 / Angielski

Rahman Azari; Alice Moncaster

Opis

This handbook explores embodied carbon across the built environment.

Spis treści

Section 1: Introduction: The embodied carbon questions and debates  1. Introduction to this handbook  2. Minimising embodied carbon- a question of politics not percentages  3. Climate neutral and circular built environment - right here, right now  4. Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets  5. Characterization of links between embodied carbon and thermal mass  Section 2: Embodied Decarbonization, Approaches and Policies  6. Introduction to Section 2  7. Building Decarbonization in North America  8. Embodied carbon in building regulation – Development and implementation in Finland, Sweden and Denmark  9. Global carbon budgets for the built environment: How far are we to achieve a 1.5°C limit in global warming? A Swiss example  10. The Levels process and the Life Levels project: Supporting the development of quality data  11. Embodied Carbon - Knowledge Building for Industry  Section 3: Urban Scale Perspectives  12. Introduction to Section 3  13. Approaches and system boundaries for urban carbon accounts  14. Quantifying the Sunk Carbon Costs of Cities: A Case-study of 50 Years of Construction in Odense, Denmark  15. Embodied Carbon in Urban Transport: What is the best way to decarbonise?  Section 4: Building Scale Perspectives  16. Introduction to Section 4  17. Life cycle assessment applied to the eco-design of urban projects in France  18. Method and indicators of climate and resource footprints assessment in Building Information Modelling  19. Achieving social justice, environmental justice in safe affordable housing through a materials-centered, multi-level, transdisciplinary approach  20. Embodied carbon and Building Retrofit; an Example  Section 5: Material Scale Perspectives  21. Introduction to Section 5  22. Real and apparent variations in embodied carbon impacts within specific construction materials  23. Three Windows: Accounting for Embodied Resources and Cultural Value  24. Embodied carbon in biogenic and earth materials: Accounting for the work of the biogeosphere in construction materials  25. Farm to Building: Catalyzing the Use of Net-Zero, Natural, and Healthier Building Materials

O autorze

Rahman Azari, Ph.D., is an architect, associate professor of architecture, and director of the Resource and Energy Efficiency [RE2] Lab at the Pennsylvania State University (USA). Azari is also affiliated with the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE), the Hamer Center for Community Design, and the Stuckeman Center for Design Computation (SCDC). Azari’s research on carbon-neutral buildings and cities is supported by research grants from the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), and the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Alice Moncaster, PhD., is a civil and structural engineer by background, whose work in industry has strongly influenced her subsequent career in academia. From July 2023 she is Professor of Sustainable Construction at the University of the West of England, and retains visiting positions at her two previous institutions, the Open University, and the University of Cambridge. She has been one of the UK experts for the International Energy Agency Annexes 57, 72 and 89 working with colleagues from around the world on developing a better understanding of embodied and whole life carbon of buildings, and on its implementation into policy and industry practice.