Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures

The embodied carbon emission limit is a key parameter for quantitatively regulating carbon emissions from building structures and facilitating the achievement of carbon reduction targets. Starting from the social carbon emission reduction pathway toward carbon neutrality, a carbon emission reduction...

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Main Authors: Xiao Jianzhuang, Xia Bing, Xiao Xuwen, Hu Xiaolong, Ding Tao, Zhou Ying, Zhu Hehua
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Published: 《中国工程科学》杂志社 2023-04-01
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Online Access:http://www.engineering.org.cn/en/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2023.02.016
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author Xiao Jianzhuang
Xia Bing
Xiao Xuwen
Hu Xiaolong
Ding Tao
Zhou Ying
Zhu Hehua
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Xia Bing
Xiao Xuwen
Hu Xiaolong
Ding Tao
Zhou Ying
Zhu Hehua
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description The embodied carbon emission limit is a key parameter for quantitatively regulating carbon emissions from building structures and facilitating the achievement of carbon reduction targets. Starting from the social carbon emission reduction pathway toward carbon neutrality, a carbon emission reduction target decomposition approach is proposed based on the proportions of newly built and existing buildings in building structure retention and demand, which provides limit presetting references for existing structure maintenance and new structure design. Then, the expected development scenarios of building construction in China are established referring to the carbon peaking and neutrality goals in China, and correspondingly, the carbon emission limits for four typical scenarios, i. e., maintaining the status quo, conventional expectation, regulating demolition, and reduction expectation, are respectively evaluated to be 442.6 kg CO2e·m-2, 456.2 kg CO2e·m-2, 485.9 kg CO2e·m-2, and 616.0 kg CO2e·m-2 (the designed service life is 50 years). Besides, the expected trends of carbon emission limits during the year 2022 and 2060 have also been estimated, and the contributions of emission reduction measures, including the amount regulation of newly built structures and the lifespan extension of existing structures, to the relaxation of carbon emission limits for individual structures have been clarified. Furthermore, suggestions for research related to carbon emission limit are provided from the aspects of probabilistic regulation, quantification of regional characteristics, feasibility of the target achievement, and data-driven refinement.
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spelling doaj.art-16b0b1094fb54bae98044f6d224708712023-11-14T11:27:33Zzho《中国工程科学》杂志社中国工程科学2096-00342023-04-0125218719710.15302/J-SSCAE-2023.02.016Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building StructuresXiao Jianzhuang 0 Xia Bing 1 Xiao Xuwen 2 Hu Xiaolong 3 Ding Tao 4Zhou Ying 5 Zhu Hehua 6 College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China ; College of Civil and Architecture Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, ChinaThe embodied carbon emission limit is a key parameter for quantitatively regulating carbon emissions from building structures and facilitating the achievement of carbon reduction targets. Starting from the social carbon emission reduction pathway toward carbon neutrality, a carbon emission reduction target decomposition approach is proposed based on the proportions of newly built and existing buildings in building structure retention and demand, which provides limit presetting references for existing structure maintenance and new structure design. Then, the expected development scenarios of building construction in China are established referring to the carbon peaking and neutrality goals in China, and correspondingly, the carbon emission limits for four typical scenarios, i. e., maintaining the status quo, conventional expectation, regulating demolition, and reduction expectation, are respectively evaluated to be 442.6 kg CO2e·m-2, 456.2 kg CO2e·m-2, 485.9 kg CO2e·m-2, and 616.0 kg CO2e·m-2 (the designed service life is 50 years). Besides, the expected trends of carbon emission limits during the year 2022 and 2060 have also been estimated, and the contributions of emission reduction measures, including the amount regulation of newly built structures and the lifespan extension of existing structures, to the relaxation of carbon emission limits for individual structures have been clarified. Furthermore, suggestions for research related to carbon emission limit are provided from the aspects of probabilistic regulation, quantification of regional characteristics, feasibility of the target achievement, and data-driven refinement. http://www.engineering.org.cn/en/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2023.02.016building structures embodied carbon emission limit carbon emission reduction target decomposition carbon peaking and neutrality low-carbon design
spellingShingle Xiao Jianzhuang
Xia Bing
Xiao Xuwen
Hu Xiaolong
Ding Tao
Zhou Ying
Zhu Hehua
Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures
中国工程科学
building structures
embodied carbon emission limit
carbon emission reduction target decomposition
carbon peaking and neutrality
low-carbon design
title Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures
title_full Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures
title_fullStr Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures
title_full_unstemmed Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures
title_short Presetting Method for Embodied Carbon Emission Limit of Building Structures
title_sort presetting method for embodied carbon emission limit of building structures
topic building structures
embodied carbon emission limit
carbon emission reduction target decomposition
carbon peaking and neutrality
low-carbon design
url http://www.engineering.org.cn/en/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2023.02.016
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