Publication detail

Carbon Footprint Associated with Construction Industry and Determination of its Theoretical Amount

KREJZA, Z. VAŇKOVÁ, L. CHOVANCOVÁ, J.

Original Title

Carbon Footprint Associated with Construction Industry and Determination of its Theoretical Amount

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse carbon footprint associated with construction industry, to identify its sources in the construction processes and to determine its theoretical amount in connection with its liquidation. In recent years, great emphasis has been put on the ecology issue and human impact on the environment, as the existence of global warming and the greenhouse effect due to human activity has been evident. The worst greenhouse gas affecting the mentioned situation is carbon dioxide. In this paper, the calculation of the carbon footprint is processed during the production phase of the house construction, in terms of material demand, in both low-energy and standard design. Furthermore, a calculation is made to calculate the carbon footprint equivalent. Subsequently, the economic demandingness of the investment in the construction of the above mentioned houses is evaluated, depending on the cost of material and the disposal of carbon dioxide. The obtained results imply that the amount of the carbon footprint, e.g. its environmental impact by the production of low-energy and standard houses in the construction phase is comparable, therefore the motivation for implementation of more ecological buildings is currently missing.

Keywords

Carbon Footprint; Construction Industry

Authors

KREJZA, Z.; VAŇKOVÁ, L.; CHOVANCOVÁ, J.

Released

21. 1. 2019

Publisher

IOP Conference Series

Location

Velká Británie

ISBN

1755-1307

Periodical

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Year of study

222

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

11

Pages count

11

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/222/1/012013/pdf

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT155483,
  author="Zdeněk {Krejza} and Lucie {Vaňková} and Jitka {Chovancová}",
  title="Carbon Footprint Associated with Construction Industry and Determination of its Theoretical Amount",
  booktitle="International Scientific Conference {"}People, Buildings and Environment 2018 (PBE)",
  year="2019",
  journal="IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science",
  volume="222",
  number="1",
  pages="1--11",
  publisher="IOP Conference Series",
  address="Velká Británie",
  doi="10.1088/1755-1315/222/1/012013",
  issn="1755-1307",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/222/1/012013/pdf"
}