Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis

Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a rising concern with a big impact on the building sector. Construction materials have a high carbon footprint as well as an energ...

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Authors: Cabeza Fabra, Luisa Fernanda; Boquera Marcelo, Laura; Cháfer Nicolas, Marta; Vérez Hernández, David
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Publication date:2021
Country:España
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096158846&doi=10.1016%2fj.enbuild.2020.110612&partnerID=40&md5=837d2c08d7540d0891f47df8eefc5c01
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Keyword:Revisión bibliográfica
Huella de carbono
Material de construcción
Cambio climático
Impacto medioambiental
Ciclo de vida
3313.04 Material de Construcción
3308.04 Ingeniería de la Contaminación
3308.01 Control de la Contaminación Atmosférica
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description Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a rising concern with a big impact on the building sector. Construction materials have a high carbon footprint as well as an energy-intensive activity. To measure the environmental damage and effects, life cycle assessment (LCA) is the methodology most widespread. However, the LCA methodology itself and the assumptions done to carry it out leads to a generalized burden to compare the case studies outcomes. LCA method and for instance geographical location are incompatibilities also revealed in embodied energy and embodied carbon assessments. Urgent actions are needed to clarify the confusions arisen in the research, considering a detailed study on the embodied energy and embodied carbon values. From a material level point of view, this paper aims to illustrate the chronological overview of embodied energy and embodied carbon through keywords analysis. Moreover, to support and corroborate the analysis, an organized summary of the literature data is presented, reporting the range of embodied energy and embodied carbon values up to now. This systematic analysis evidences the lack of standardization and disagreement regarding the assessment of coefficients, database source, and boundary system used in the methodology assessment. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
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spelling Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis Cabeza Fabra, Luisa Fernanda Boquera Marcelo, Laura Cháfer Nicolas, Marta Vérez Hernández, David Revisión bibliográfica Huella de carbono Material de construcción Cambio climático Impacto medioambiental Ciclo de vida 3313.04 Material de Construcción 3308.04 Ingeniería de la Contaminación 3308.01 Control de la Contaminación Atmosférica Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a rising concern with a big impact on the building sector. Construction materials have a high carbon footprint as well as an energy-intensive activity. To measure the environmental damage and effects, life cycle assessment (LCA) is the methodology most widespread. However, the LCA methodology itself and the assumptions done to carry it out leads to a generalized burden to compare the case studies outcomes. LCA method and for instance geographical location are incompatibilities also revealed in embodied energy and embodied carbon assessments. Urgent actions are needed to clarify the confusions arisen in the research, considering a detailed study on the embodied energy and embodied carbon values. From a material level point of view, this paper aims to illustrate the chronological overview of embodied energy and embodied carbon through keywords analysis. Moreover, to support and corroborate the analysis, an organized summary of the literature data is presented, reporting the range of embodied energy and embodied carbon values up to now. This systematic analysis evidences the lack of standardization and disagreement regarding the assessment of coefficients, database source, and boundary system used in the methodology assessment. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. Elsevier Ltd http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/2558 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096158846&doi=10.1016%2fj.enbuild.2020.110612&partnerID=40&md5=837d2c08d7540d0891f47df8eefc5c01
spellingShingle Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
Cabeza Fabra, Luisa Fernanda
Revisión bibliográfica
Huella de carbono
Material de construcción
Cambio climático
Impacto medioambiental
Ciclo de vida
3313.04 Material de Construcción
3308.04 Ingeniería de la Contaminación
3308.01 Control de la Contaminación Atmosférica
title Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
title_full Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
title_fullStr Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
title_full_unstemmed Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
title_short Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
title_sort Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis
topic Revisión bibliográfica
Huella de carbono
Material de construcción
Cambio climático
Impacto medioambiental
Ciclo de vida
3313.04 Material de Construcción
3308.04 Ingeniería de la Contaminación
3308.01 Control de la Contaminación Atmosférica
topic_facet Revisión bibliográfica
Huella de carbono
Material de construcción
Cambio climático
Impacto medioambiental
Ciclo de vida
3313.04 Material de Construcción
3308.04 Ingeniería de la Contaminación
3308.01 Control de la Contaminación Atmosférica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/2558
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096158846&doi=10.1016%2fj.enbuild.2020.110612&partnerID=40&md5=837d2c08d7540d0891f47df8eefc5c01