Identifying the potential for resource and embodied energy savings within the UK building sector

Mandley, Steven; Harmsen, Robert; Worrell, Ernst

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.10.044

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“…Zhai and Helman (2019), on their part, explored the possible impacts of climate change that are directly related to the building's energy consumption. Mandley et al (2015) proposed four measures to reduce energy embodied in a building, achieving significant reductions in energy consumption in the short and medium-term in the UK, with projections estimating resources and embodied energy savings of 4.7% and 6.4%, respectively, by 2020 and 9.3% and 28.6% by 2030.…”

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confidence: 99%

Study of Embodied Energy in Healthcare Center Construction

García-Sanz-Calcedo

Neves

Fernandes

2021

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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The tendency to build Net-Zero Energy Buildings increases the need to know and control the energy used in them. This research aims to identify and quantify the energy used in the construction of healthcare centres and propose indicators based on different operational variables. For this purpose, seven healthcare centres built between 2007 and 2010 were analysed, and the energy embodied in the manufacturing, transport and placement of materials on-site, including the final tests and commissioning of the building, were calculated. The results show that the average embodied energy is 9.97 GJ per unit of built area, 0.011 for each euro invested in construction and 2.18 GJ for each user. Emissions per worker, construction working hour, electrical power and energy consumed were also typified, and different reference indicators were proposed. Equations have also been devised using multivariate regression to determine the embodied energy of a healthcare centre according to its built area (m2), investment in construction (€) and the number of users (No). The building elements with the most embodied energy were also identified, and the authors found that the average embodied energy is 29.31 times higher than that consumed in a year at the healthcare centre.

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Study of Embodied Energy in Healthcare Center Construction

García-Sanz-Calcedo

Neves

Fernandes

2021

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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“…This percentage varies between countries as the result of social and economic situations, concentration on energy requirements and the approach towards utilizing building energy codes, availability of main energy resources and climatic conditions. Recent studies estimate that 41% of total US primary energy demand is consumed by the building climate control [2], close to the figure of 40% within the European Union [3]. Different BICE proportions have been proposed in the literature for consuming the total primary energy in China.…”

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confidence: 91%

Application of passive wall systems for improving the energy efficiency in buildings: A comprehensive review

Omrany

Ghaffarianhoseini

Raahemifar

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…The use of bio-based materials for thermal insulation is a solution for reducing environmental impacts of the building sector, which represents 40% of the worldwide energy use [1,2]. Different bio-based materials have different environmental impacts.…”

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confidence: 99%