The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs
With operational emissions of buildings being targeted with regulations, embodied emissions are becoming a greater area of opportunity in the quest to reduce the pollution coming from the built environment. The cement industry accounts for 5% of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, resp...
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| description | With operational emissions of buildings being targeted with regulations, embodied emissions are becoming a greater area of opportunity in the quest to reduce the pollution coming from the built environment. The cement industry accounts for 5% of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, responsible for global warming, but it also has other negative effects on the environment which are sometimes overlooked. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are increasingly being used as an accepted way of comparing the environmental performance of products in the construction industry. Nevertheless, they still face challenges, mainly in their standardisation efforts. EPDs present advantages to the comparison of a wide range of pollutant emissions, not only the ones responsible for global warming, but also ozone depletion, acidification of soil and water, eutrophication, formation of tropospheric ozone photochemical oxidants and abiotic depletion of fossil and non-fossil resources. This review paper looks at how the emission data in current EPDs for cement mixes is presented and compares the available information between mixes produced by different companies across several locations in Europe. It also explores the challenges this kind of comparison presents, emphasising the need for international standardization in the reporting of pollutant emissions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63443b0902f34a2c92d44a99950e09a42022-12-21T21:43:10ZengElsevierCleaner Environmental Systems2666-78942021-12-013100053The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDsRoberto Ivan Cruz Juarez0Stephen Finnegan1Corresponding author.; University of Liverpool, School of Architecture, Liverpool, UKUniversity of Liverpool, School of Architecture, Liverpool, UKWith operational emissions of buildings being targeted with regulations, embodied emissions are becoming a greater area of opportunity in the quest to reduce the pollution coming from the built environment. The cement industry accounts for 5% of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, responsible for global warming, but it also has other negative effects on the environment which are sometimes overlooked. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are increasingly being used as an accepted way of comparing the environmental performance of products in the construction industry. Nevertheless, they still face challenges, mainly in their standardisation efforts. EPDs present advantages to the comparison of a wide range of pollutant emissions, not only the ones responsible for global warming, but also ozone depletion, acidification of soil and water, eutrophication, formation of tropospheric ozone photochemical oxidants and abiotic depletion of fossil and non-fossil resources. This review paper looks at how the emission data in current EPDs for cement mixes is presented and compares the available information between mixes produced by different companies across several locations in Europe. It also explores the challenges this kind of comparison presents, emphasising the need for international standardization in the reporting of pollutant emissions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789421000453CementConstruction industryEmbodied emissionsEnvironmental product declaration (EPD)Life cycle assessment (LCA)Global warming potential (GWP) |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Ivan Cruz Juarez Stephen Finnegan The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs Cleaner Environmental Systems Cement Construction industry Embodied emissions Environmental product declaration (EPD) Life cycle assessment (LCA) Global warming potential (GWP) |
| title | The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs |
| title_full | The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs |
| title_fullStr | The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs |
| title_short | The environmental impact of cement production in Europe: A holistic review of existing EPDs |
| title_sort | environmental impact of cement production in europe a holistic review of existing epds |
| topic | Cement Construction industry Embodied emissions Environmental product declaration (EPD) Life cycle assessment (LCA) Global warming potential (GWP) |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789421000453 |
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