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Measure the Embodied Energy in Building Materials: An Eco-Sustainable Approach for Construction
Cesare SpositoFrancesca Scalisisubject
Intervention (law)Architectural engineeringProcess (engineering)Computer scienceEnergy (esotericism)SustainabilitySustainable designembodied energy building materials sustainability approach for constructionLife-cycle assessmentEmbodied energySettore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'ArchitetturaEfficient energy usedescription
This paper highlights how the use of materials and building components often implicates the growth of embodied energy necessary to their construction, which is not always adequately compensated by a decrease of operational energy because incorporated energy can be almost half of the total energy used in a building’s life cycle and, sometimes, it even exceeds operational energy. The paper highlights how searching only for “operational” energy efficiency does not sufficiently guarantee environmental sustainability of the intervention. The intervention is heavily influenced by embodied energy whose knowledge must drive, since the beginning, the decision-making process towards more sustainable design choices.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 |