A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods
There is a growing body of research on the embodied emissions of individual buildings, but the results and methods remain mostly inaccessible and incomparable due to insufficient reported information, and differences in system boundaries, methods, and data used. This inhibits further utilization of...
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| description | There is a growing body of research on the embodied emissions of individual buildings, but the results and methods remain mostly inaccessible and incomparable due to insufficient reported information, and differences in system boundaries, methods, and data used. This inhibits further utilization of the results in statistical applications and makes interpretation and validation of results difficult. The database tool presented in this paper attempts to mitigate these challenges by systematizing and storing all relevant information for these studies in a compatible format. The tool enables comparison of results across system boundaries, improves the transparency and reproducibility of the assessments, and makes utilization of the results in statistical applications possible. Statistical applications include embodied emission benchmarking, identifying emission drivers, and quantifying relationships between variables. Other applications of the tool include the assessment of embodied emissions of buildings and neighborhoods. This paper presents the tool and exemplifies its use with preliminary results based on a dataset of 11 buildings. Work is ongoing to expand the dataset, which will provide more comprehensive results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71ce19c01c0d49a0a7b3c0b2d7f2da822022-12-21T19:55:35ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092018-08-018810610.3390/buildings8080106buildings8080106A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and NeighborhoodsEirik Resch0Inger Andresen1Department of Architecture and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Architecture and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayThere is a growing body of research on the embodied emissions of individual buildings, but the results and methods remain mostly inaccessible and incomparable due to insufficient reported information, and differences in system boundaries, methods, and data used. This inhibits further utilization of the results in statistical applications and makes interpretation and validation of results difficult. The database tool presented in this paper attempts to mitigate these challenges by systematizing and storing all relevant information for these studies in a compatible format. The tool enables comparison of results across system boundaries, improves the transparency and reproducibility of the assessments, and makes utilization of the results in statistical applications possible. Statistical applications include embodied emission benchmarking, identifying emission drivers, and quantifying relationships between variables. Other applications of the tool include the assessment of embodied emissions of buildings and neighborhoods. This paper presents the tool and exemplifies its use with preliminary results based on a dataset of 11 buildings. Work is ongoing to expand the dataset, which will provide more comprehensive results.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/8/8/106life cycle assessmentembodied emissionscarbon footprintbenchmarkcomparative analysisreproducibilityreportingvalidation |
| spellingShingle | Eirik Resch Inger Andresen A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods Buildings life cycle assessment embodied emissions carbon footprint benchmark comparative analysis reproducibility reporting validation |
| title | A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods |
| title_full | A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods |
| title_fullStr | A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods |
| title_short | A Database Tool for Systematic Analysis of Embodied Emissions in Buildings and Neighborhoods |
| title_sort | database tool for systematic analysis of embodied emissions in buildings and neighborhoods |
| topic | life cycle assessment embodied emissions carbon footprint benchmark comparative analysis reproducibility reporting validation |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/8/8/106 |
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