dc.contributor.author |
Victoria, M |
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dc.contributor.author |
Perera, S |
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dc.contributor.author |
Davies, A |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Sandanayake, YG |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Ramachandra, T |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Gunatilake, S |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-03-30T07:21:18Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-03-30T07:21:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-06 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Victoria, M., Perera, S., & Davies, A. (2017). Carbon hotspots of office buildings in the UK. In Y.G. Sandanayake, T. Ramachandra & S. Gunatilake (Eds.), What’s new and what’s next in the built environment sustainability agenda? (pp. 90-95). Ceylon Institute of Builders. https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2017-Proceedings.pdf |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17509 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Embodied carbon of buildings is receiving substantial attention due to the increasing statutory requirements
on operational carbon of buildings. Even though the embodied carbon of buildings is not regulated at
present there is a need to control embodied impacts of buildings because embodied carbon of buildings
tends to increase as the operational carbon savings increase. Focusing on intensive emissions sources or
the hotspots is an effective way of managing embodied carbon during the early stages of design though
there is a gap with regards to the knowledge of carbon hotspots. Therefore, embodied carbon estimates of
28 office buildings in the UK were obtained and the carbon hotspots of buildings (in accordance with NRM
element classification) were identified using the 80:20 Pareto Principle. Frame, Substructure, External
walls, Services and Upper Floors were identified as carbon hotspots of the sample. However, findings do
not support the 80:20 ratio in this case but propose a ratio of 80:36. In addition, the building elements were
categorised into three types based on the probability of each element is being identified as a hotspot in the
sample which is referred to as the ‘carbon hotspot probability’. The elements that were categorised as ‘Lead
Positions’ and ‘Special Positions’ are the elements with higher reduction potential compared to remainder
positions and require more attention during the early stages of design to achieve maximum reduction in
embodied carbon. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Ceylon Institute of Builders |
en_US |
dc.relation.uri |
https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2017-Proceedings.pdf |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Carbon hotspots |
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dc.subject |
Embodied carbon |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Office buildings |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Pareto principle |
en_US |
dc.title |
Carbon hotspots of office buildings in the UK |
en_US |
dc.type |
Conference-Full-text |
en_US |
dc.identifier.faculty |
Architecture |
en_US |
dc.identifier.department |
Department of Building Economics |
en_US |
dc.identifier.year |
2017 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.conference |
6th World Construction Symposium 2017 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.place |
Colombo |
en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos |
pp. 90-95 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.proceeding |
What’s new and what’s next in the built environment sustainability agenda? |
en_US |
dc.identifier.email |
m.victoria@rgu.ac.uk |
en_US |