Estimating the Additional Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Korea: Focused on Demolition of Asbestos Containing Materials in Building

Young-Chan Kim, Won-Hwa Hong, Yuan-Long Zhang, Byeung-Hun Son, Youn-Kyu Seo and Jun-Ho Choi
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Young-Chan Kim: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2350 Hayward St., G.G. Brown Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Won-Hwa Hong: School of Architecture, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Korea
Yuan-Long Zhang: School of Architecture, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Korea
Byeung-Hun Son: Department of Architecture, Daegu Technical University, 205 Songhyen-ro, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 42734, Korea
Youn-Kyu Seo: School of Architecture, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Korea
Jun-Ho Choi: Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48513, Korea

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: When asbestos containing materials (ACM) must be removed from the building before demolition, additional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are generated. However, precedent studies have not considered the removal of ACM from the building. The present study aimed to develop a model for estimating GHG emissions created by the ACM removal processes, specifically the removal of asbestos cement slates (ACS). The second objective was to use the new model to predict the total GHG emission produced by ACM removal in the entire country of Korea. First, an input-equipment inventory was established for each step of the ACS removal process. Second, an energy consumption database for each equipment type was established. Third, the total GHG emission contributed by each step of the process was calculated. The GHG emissions generated from the 1,142,688 ACS-containing buildings in Korea was estimated to total 23,778 tonCO 2 eq to 132,141 tonCO 2 eq. This study was meaningful in that the emissions generated by ACS removal have not been studied before. Furthermore, the study deals with additional problems that can be triggered by the presence of asbestos in building materials. The method provided in this study is expected to contribute greatly to the calculation of GHG emissions caused by ACM worldwide.

Keywords: greenhouse gas (GHG); asbestos containing materials (ACM); demolition stage; building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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