The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review
Global climate change is one of the most significant environmental impacts at the moment. One central issue for the building and construction industry to address global climate change is the development of credible carbon labelling schemes for building materials. Various carbon labelling schemes hav...
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| description | Global climate change is one of the most significant environmental impacts at the moment. One central issue for the building and construction industry to address global climate change is the development of credible carbon labelling schemes for building materials. Various carbon labelling schemes have been developed for concrete due to its high contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, as most carbon labelling schemes adopt cradle-to-gate as system boundary, the credibility of the eco-label information may not be satisfactory because recent studies show that the use and end-of-life phases can have a significant impact on the life cycle GHG emissions of concrete in terms of carbonation, maintenance and rehabilitation, other indirect emissions, and recycling activities. A comprehensive review on the life cycle assessment of concrete is presented to holistically examine the importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle GHG quantification of concrete. The recent published ISO 14067: Carbon footprint of products – requirements and guidelines for quantification and communication also mandates the use of cradle-to-grave to provide publicly available eco-label information when the use and end-of-life phases of concrete can be appropriately simulated. With the support of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and other simulation technologies, the contribution of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle GHG emissions of concrete should not be overlooked in future studies. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-216452017-09-13T13:52:23Z The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review Wu, Peng Xia, B. Zhao, X. End-of-life phase Use phase ISO 14067 GHG emissions Concrete Global climate change is one of the most significant environmental impacts at the moment. One central issue for the building and construction industry to address global climate change is the development of credible carbon labelling schemes for building materials. Various carbon labelling schemes have been developed for concrete due to its high contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, as most carbon labelling schemes adopt cradle-to-gate as system boundary, the credibility of the eco-label information may not be satisfactory because recent studies show that the use and end-of-life phases can have a significant impact on the life cycle GHG emissions of concrete in terms of carbonation, maintenance and rehabilitation, other indirect emissions, and recycling activities. A comprehensive review on the life cycle assessment of concrete is presented to holistically examine the importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle GHG quantification of concrete. The recent published ISO 14067: Carbon footprint of products – requirements and guidelines for quantification and communication also mandates the use of cradle-to-grave to provide publicly available eco-label information when the use and end-of-life phases of concrete can be appropriately simulated. With the support of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and other simulation technologies, the contribution of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle GHG emissions of concrete should not be overlooked in future studies. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21645 10.1016/j.rser.2014.04.070 Elsevier Science Ltd restricted |
| spellingShingle | End-of-life phase Use phase ISO 14067 GHG emissions Concrete Wu, Peng Xia, B. Zhao, X. The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review |
| title | The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review |
| title_full | The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review |
| title_fullStr | The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review |
| title_short | The importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of concrete – A review |
| title_sort | importance of use and end-of-life phases to the life cycle greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions of concrete – a review |
| topic | End-of-life phase Use phase ISO 14067 GHG emissions Concrete |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21645 |