The calculation of embodied energy in new build UK housing

摘要: Reducing CO2 emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change is now an international imperative. The built environment responsible for nearly half all in UK. Therefore, reduction carbon from products and processes involved a building’s lifecycle are paramount importance meeting national global targets. energy used consequent associated with construction materials usually calculated using concept embodied energy, albeit significant variations methodology. In general, building considered account less than one-fifth its whole-life use. However, as efficiency new-build improves towards zero target 2016, will assume increasingly greater proportion, approaching 100% lifetime use emissions. research reported here aimed at achieving better understanding aspects UK houses (in particular, focus on accuracy various calculation procedures) that often simplified few types via generalised frequently non- UK, representation process. need more standardised method resulting therefore discussed. Although relation house industry, this also applicable wider well manufacturing.