Embodied energy assessment: a comprehensive review of methods and software tools

Shraddha Sharma () and Anshuman Singh ()
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Shraddha Sharma: National Institute of Technology
Anshuman Singh: National Institute of Technology

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 12, No 15, 30109-30179

Abstract: Abstract Energy and resource conservation holds an inimitable significance when sustainability for the present as well as future comes into picture. With the rise of green/low-energy buildings that have reduced energy consumption while in operation, the exploitation of energy-intensive materials has increased and shifted the carbon consequences to other phases of building life cycle. Therefore, embodied energy of buildings has gained significant attention and efforts have been made to quantify and reduce its contribution. This paper reviews the published literature on embodied energy assessment of buildings from the purview of methods, life cycle assessment tools alone and in conjunction with other software tools such as building information modelling. The paper illustrates the progress in the embodied energy assessment till now and highlights the shortcomings in its standardisation due to geographical, methodical, temporal and boundary system differences among others. A great variation is displayed in the expanse of literature upon organising the results reported. The work also suggests future scope in the area of EE assessment and enhanced digitalisation to address the existing ambiguities.

Keywords: Energy efficiency; Embodied energy; Buildings; Green buildings; Environmental impact; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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