Deriving embodied carbon factors from scratch

• James Kitchin ^[1]
  1. [1] CEng
• Localización: The Structural Engineer: journal of the Institution of Structural Engineer, ISSN 1466-5123, Vol. 99, Nº. 7, 2021, págs. 18-20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • For many materials and products in many parts of the world, environmental product declarations (EPDs) and ‘average’ material data (such as the ICE Database1 ) can be used to calculate the embodied carbon present within an element. However, when this data is insuffi cient, the engineer may have to determine their own embodied carbon coeffi cients, based on the information available.

    This article demonstrates how MASS Design Group calculated embodied carbon coeffi cients for the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) project, including for earth blocks, and locally made fi red-clay masonry. The RICA project is described in more detail on pages 32–37.