A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings

Building industry has a large environmental responsibility. All common materials have environmental impacts during their production process, but designers may choice the materials and techniques with less impact among the viable options. The objective of this work is to examine embodied energy in ma...

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Autores principales:	Gonzalez Stumpf,Marco Aurelio, Kulakowski,Marlova Piva, Breitenbach,Luciano G, Kirch,Felipe
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2014
Materias:	Civil construction sustainability embodied energy concrete masonry
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-915X2014000200001
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-915X20140002000012015-01-27A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildingsGonzalez Stumpf,Marco AurelioKulakowski,Marlova PivaBreitenbach,Luciano GKirch,Felipe Civil construction sustainability embodied energy concrete masonry Building industry has a large environmental responsibility. All common materials have environmental impacts during their production process, but designers may choice the materials and techniques with less impact among the viable options. The objective of this work is to examine embodied energy in materials of two traditional constructive alternatives, in the region of São Leopoldo, a city in southern Brazil. Construction options considered are the reinforced concrete structure and the structural masonry. The study was developed under investigation of a social housing project typical in the region. We calculate the amounts of materials and the energy contained in them. The results indicated that the energy embodied in these two constructive systems is approximately 1.72 GJ.m-2 and 1.26 GJ.m-2, respectively. It may be concluded that the embodied energy is lower in the structural masonry system, with a reduction around to 1/4 in relation to the reinforced concrete option. The results can be used to help design decisions.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileRevista de la construcción v.13 n.2 20142014-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-915X2014000200001en10.4067/S0718-915X2014000200001
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spellingShingle	Civil construction sustainability embodied energy concrete masonry Gonzalez Stumpf,Marco Aurelio Kulakowski,Marlova Piva Breitenbach,Luciano G Kirch,Felipe A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
description	Building industry has a large environmental responsibility. All common materials have environmental impacts during their production process, but designers may choice the materials and techniques with less impact among the viable options. The objective of this work is to examine embodied energy in materials of two traditional constructive alternatives, in the region of São Leopoldo, a city in southern Brazil. Construction options considered are the reinforced concrete structure and the structural masonry. The study was developed under investigation of a social housing project typical in the region. We calculate the amounts of materials and the energy contained in them. The results indicated that the energy embodied in these two constructive systems is approximately 1.72 GJ.m-2 and 1.26 GJ.m-2, respectively. It may be concluded that the embodied energy is lower in the structural masonry system, with a reduction around to 1/4 in relation to the reinforced concrete option. The results can be used to help design decisions.
author	Gonzalez Stumpf,Marco Aurelio Kulakowski,Marlova Piva Breitenbach,Luciano G Kirch,Felipe
author_facet	Gonzalez Stumpf,Marco Aurelio Kulakowski,Marlova Piva Breitenbach,Luciano G Kirch,Felipe
author_sort	Gonzalez Stumpf,Marco Aurelio
title	A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
title_short	A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
title_full	A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
title_fullStr	A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
title_full_unstemmed	A case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
title_sort	case study about embodied energy in concrete and structural masonry buildings
publisher	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
publishDate	2014
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