Embodied CO2 Emissions of the Construction Industry in China: A Provincial-Level Quantification
Publication: ICCREM 2023
ABSTRACT
China’s booming economy and rapid urbanization raise the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with buildings and infrastructure construction, threatening the delivery of low-carbon built environment. This study employed a multiregional input-output model to quantify the embodied CO2 emissions of China’s construction industry at the provincial level. The embodied CO2 emissions of China’s construction industry were estimated at 3,770 million tons in 2017 (with an intensity of 0.176 kgCO2/yuan), and Jiangsu (8.8%), Shandong (7.4%), and Hebei (7.2%) were the main contributors. The construction industry’s CO2 footprints are dominated by the sectors of electricity and heat generation (43.1%), metal smelting and pressing (20%), and nonmetal mineral products (19.3%). The results of this study identify the spatial pattern and key source sectors of the carbon footprint of China’s construction industry, contributing to the sector’s sustainable transition.
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ICCREM 2023
Pages: 378 - 385
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Published online: Nov 30, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- [Inorganic compounds]
- Air pollution
- Buildings
- Business management
- Carbon compounds
- Carbon dioxide
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Construction engineering
- Construction industry
- Construction management
- Emissions
- Environmental engineering
- Green buildings
- Infrastructure construction
- Organic compounds
- Pollution
- Practice and Profession
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Sustainable development
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