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dc.contributor.author Victoria, M
dc.contributor.author Perera, S
dc.contributor.author Davies, A
dc.contributor.editor Sandanayake, YG
dc.contributor.editor Ramachandra, T
dc.contributor.editor Gunatilake, S
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-30T07:21:18Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-30T07:21:18Z
dc.date.issued 2017-06
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
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. en_US
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 en_US
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


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