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A Quantitative Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Associated with Temporary Heating in Residential Housing
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-194X
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-5695
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0054-1320
Temporary heating is a resource commonly used by construction practitioners in cold-climate regions to keep a constant temperature of the construction area in order to support construction work under cold weather conditions. Since the use of temporary heating depends on the project duration and outdoor temperature, it is challenging to accurately estimate its cost and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Additionally, the typical practice in North American construction is to use concrete to build the basement of single-detached houses. This drives up the CO2 emissions associated with construction, as concrete has high levels of embodied CO2 emissions. In this regard, this research aims to quantify the environmental impact and cost of temporary heating and concrete usage for basements in single-family detached houses in cold-climate regions. A discrete-event simulation model is developed to obtain the project duration and the daily average propane consumption for basement projects. This information is then used to quantify the cost and CO2 emissions associated with temporary heating and concrete usage. The results demonstrate that the cost of temporary heating increases the total cost of a concrete basement project between 8.84% and 19.31%, and represents between 15.66% and 29.48% of the total CO2 emissions produced by temporary heating and concrete usage. In contrast, concrete represents 25.24% to 30.80% of the total cost of a concrete basement project and produces between 70.52% and 84.34% more CO2 emissions than temporary heating. A case study including data collected from seven actual concrete basement projects for single-family detached houses is used to build the simulation model used for this study.
A Quantitative Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Associated with Temporary Heating in Residential Housing
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-194X
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-5695
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0054-1320
Temporary heating is a resource commonly used by construction practitioners in cold-climate regions to keep a constant temperature of the construction area in order to support construction work under cold weather conditions. Since the use of temporary heating depends on the project duration and outdoor temperature, it is challenging to accurately estimate its cost and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Additionally, the typical practice in North American construction is to use concrete to build the basement of single-detached houses. This drives up the CO2 emissions associated with construction, as concrete has high levels of embodied CO2 emissions. In this regard, this research aims to quantify the environmental impact and cost of temporary heating and concrete usage for basements in single-family detached houses in cold-climate regions. A discrete-event simulation model is developed to obtain the project duration and the daily average propane consumption for basement projects. This information is then used to quantify the cost and CO2 emissions associated with temporary heating and concrete usage. The results demonstrate that the cost of temporary heating increases the total cost of a concrete basement project between 8.84% and 19.31%, and represents between 15.66% and 29.48% of the total CO2 emissions produced by temporary heating and concrete usage. In contrast, concrete represents 25.24% to 30.80% of the total cost of a concrete basement project and produces between 70.52% and 84.34% more CO2 emissions than temporary heating. A case study including data collected from seven actual concrete basement projects for single-family detached houses is used to build the simulation model used for this study.
A Quantitative Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Associated with Temporary Heating in Residential Housing
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-194X
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-5695
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0054-1320
Temporary heating is a resource commonly used by construction practitioners in cold-climate regions to keep a constant temperature of the construction area in order to support construction work under cold weather conditions. Since the use of temporary heating depends on the project duration and outdoor temperature, it is challenging to accurately estimate its cost and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Additionally, the typical practice in North American construction is to use concrete to build the basement of single-detached houses. This drives up the CO2 emissions associated with construction, as concrete has high levels of embodied CO2 emissions. In this regard, this research aims to quantify the environmental impact and cost of temporary heating and concrete usage for basements in single-family detached houses in cold-climate regions. A discrete-event simulation model is developed to obtain the project duration and the daily average propane consumption for basement projects. This information is then used to quantify the cost and CO2 emissions associated with temporary heating and concrete usage. The results demonstrate that the cost of temporary heating increases the total cost of a concrete basement project between 8.84% and 19.31%, and represents between 15.66% and 29.48% of the total CO2 emissions produced by temporary heating and concrete usage. In contrast, concrete represents 25.24% to 30.80% of the total cost of a concrete basement project and produces between 70.52% and 84.34% more CO2 emissions than temporary heating. A case study including data collected from seven actual concrete basement projects for single-family detached houses is used to build the simulation model used for this study.
A Quantitative Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Associated with Temporary Heating in Residential Housing
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Desjardins, Serge (editor) / Poitras, Gérard J. (editor) / Nik-Bakht, Mazdak (editor) / Castillo, Valeria Vecchio (author) / Barkokebas, Regina Dias (author) / Barkokebas, Beda (author) / Al-Hussein, Mohamed (author)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference ; 2023 ; Moncton, NB, Canada
2024-12-18
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English