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| Title: | Comparative Assessment of Energy Requirements and Carbon Footprint for Different Types of Building Materials and Construction Techniques |
| Authors: | Kumar, Ashok
Chani, P S
Deoliya, Rajesh
Lakhani, Rajni
Kumar, Naresh |
| Keywords: | Climate change
Low carbon buildings
Green house gases
CO2 emissions
Embodied energy |
| Issue Date: | 28-Dec-2012 |
| Abstract: | The building industry is responsible for about 30% of CO2 emission of the country. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the challenges faced by building industry and covers various approaches adopted to mitigate the CO2 emission. A study of the conventional building materials and techniques is carried out to assess the current energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions. Findings of the study suggest that proper sustainability in the built environment is necessary to ensure climate security over the next decade and this can be achieved by low carbon buildings which emit significantly less green house gases. Results also reveal that there is a need for use of the available low – carbon & energy saving technologies. This paper also explores a study of the innovative building materials and techniques, to assess the current energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions. An investigation into the energy consumed by the individual building materials as well as their carbon emissions is computed to find out the total energy requirements and reduction in the carbon footprint for a single storey house type to prove superiority of innovative construction techniques developed by CSIR- CBRI, over conventional methods of construction. |
| Description: | National Conference Emerging trends of energy conservation in buildings Nov.01-03, 2012
CSIR-Central Building Research Institute Roorkee-247667, Uttrakhand, India. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1240 |
| Appears in Collections: | Published Articles
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