Impact of building materials on carbon emission and possible remedy

• Authors: Grace Agbons Aruya
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

With the rapid urbanization process and rapid economic growth, the building industry has emerged as one of the largest carbon emitters in the world. The built environment is thought to play an important part in a country's carbon emissions. Operational carbon emissions, also known as operational period emissions from the built environment, include emissions from other phases, like those in building and materials production, are included in the built environment's associated carbon emissions. It is thought that the fraction of carbon emissions embedded in a building will rise in the future. This is due to the increased usage of energy-saving devices to cut back on operational energy and the emissions that go along with it. These energy-saving technologies may also increase the number of building renovations, which would lead to an increase in carbon pollution. In this paper, the reasons causing carbon emissions in the construction sector are further discussed, along with potential extenuation measures.

Keywords

EN

CO2; Emissions; Extenuation; construction sector; impact

Discipline

• ENVIRONMENT_&_ECOLOGY: ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 316-332

Contributors

author

Grace Agbons Aruya

• Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria

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