Low Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption: A Targeted Approach Based on the Life Cycle Assessment of a District

Modeste Kameni Nematchoua () and José A. Orosa
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Modeste Kameni Nematchoua: School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems|Northern Arizona University, 1295 S. Knoles Dr., Building 90, Room 320, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
José A. Orosa: Department of Marine Engineering, University of A Coruña, Paseo de Ronda 51, 15011 A Coruña, Spain

Waste, 2023, vol. 1, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: Nowadays, the methodology aiming to achieve carbon neutrality and net zero energy on a large scale is known. Despite this, few specialists are mastering this technology globally. What new scenarios. applied at the neighbourhood scale. generate a significant reduction in the rate of CO 2 emissions and energy demand? In addition, a lack of massive, regular, and consistent data on carbon emissions and energy consumption has made it significantly difficult to understand the origins of climate change at the building and neighbourhood scales. This work has, as its main goal, the assessment of different strategies that facilitate reduction in the concentration of CO 2 and lower energy demands at the district level. The life cycle assessment of a new district has been carried out over 100 years during the four stages of the life cycle of the neighbourhood (construction, operation, demolition and end of life). The results showed that up to 93% of greenhouse gas (GHG) was produced during the operational stage. The energy demand due to transport and waste management represented 60% of the total energy demand of the district during the operational stage. There is still a possibility to maintain air temperature growth around 1.5 °C in the next decade by means of the following: Global warming + 100% of heavy renovation of all buildings + 100% of electric car − renewable energy. This strategy would facilitate a reduction of over 92% of the CO 2 produced at the district level.

Keywords: low carbon; energy demand; neighbourhood; climate change; life cycle assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q16 Q18 Q2 Q20 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q28 Q3 Q31 Q38 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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