New Declaration gives public voice to climate targets and justice

It is widely agreed that dynamics of building stocks are relatively poorly known even if it is recognized to be an important research topic. Better understanding of building stock dynamics and future development is crucial, e.g., for sustainable management of the built environment as various analyses require long-term projections of building stock development. Recognizing the uncertainty in relation to long-term modeling, we propose a transparent calculation-based QuantiSTOCK model for modeling building stock development. Our approach not only provides a tangible tool for understanding development when selected assumptions are valid but also, most importantly, allows for studying the sensitivity of results to alternative developments of the key variables. Therefore, this relatively simple modeling approach provides fruitful grounds for understanding the impact of different key variables, which is needed to facilitate meaningful debate on different housing, land use, and environment-related policies. The QuantiSTOCK model may be extended in numerous ways and lays the groundwork for modeling the future developments of building stocks. The presented model may be used in a wide range of analyses ranging from assessing housing demand at the regional level to providing input for defining sustainable pathways towards climate targets. Due to the availability of high-quality data, the Finnish building stock provided a great test arena for the model development.

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Hygrothermal analysis of historic buildings

Structural Survey ◽

10.1108/ss-07-2015-0030 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 12-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hugo Entradas Silva ◽

Fernando M.A. Henriques

Keyword(s):

Historic Buildings ◽

Biological Degradation ◽

Conservation Area ◽

Content Type ◽

Preventive Conservation ◽

Climate Targets ◽

One Year ◽

Hygrothermal Analysis ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Temperate Climates

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to verify the applicability and efficiency of two statistical methods to obtain sustainable targets of temperature and relative humidity in historic buildings located in temperate climates. Design/methodology/approach – The data recorded along one year in a non-heated historic building in Lisbon (Portugal) was analysed with the two methodologies, EN 15757 and FCT-UNL. To evaluate their adequacy it was calculated the performance index for each target and it was verified the mechanical and biological degradation risks. Findings – While the use of the two approaches is suitable for temperate climates, there is a higher efficiency of the FCT-UNL methodology, allowing a better response for the three parameters in evaluation. Research limitations/implications – Despite the better results obtained, the FCT-UNL methodology was only tested for one city; therefore the application to other situations may be required to obtain more robust conclusions. Practical implications – The effectiveness of the FCT-UNL methodology to obtain sustainable climate targets can lead to important energy conservation in historic buildings and to contribute for the change of old approaches in the preventive conservation area. Originality/value – This paper provides a comparison between two recent methods. The results can lead to some advances in the science of preventive conservation, interesting to conservators and building physic scientists.

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AGU report on volcanism and climate targets media

Eos ◽

10.1029/91eo00197 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 73 (21) ◽

pp. 236-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

L. T. Simarski

Keyword(s):

Climate Targets

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Crafting a framework of embodied carbon education, tracking, and reduction for US-based structural engineers

10.2749/ghent.2021.0224 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Gryniuk ◽

Dirk Kestner ◽

Luke Lombardi ◽

Megan Stringer ◽

Mark Webster ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Warming ◽

Structural Engineering ◽

Professional Organizations ◽

Structural System ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Collaborative Development ◽

Climate Targets ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Structural Engineers

<p>Achieving reductions to embodied carbon, the global warming potential emissions due to the production of materials, is an essential component to meeting science-based climate targets. Studies have shown that a significant portion of embodied emissions within the built environment are due to structural materials. However, many structural engineers are, not only uneducated in the concept of embodied carbon, but also not aware of the role their decisions can make in addressing climate change. This is further exacerbated by a profession that does not have sufficient structural system embodied carbon benchmark information to make important and informed early design decisions. This required the collaborative development of a structural engineering commitment program, SE 2050, that is supported by leading professional organizations to spur the education and transformation of the profession.</p>

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A Tool for Designing Policy Packages To Achieve India’s Climate Targets: Methods, Data, and Reference Scenario of the India Energy Policy Simulator

10.46830/writn.21.00108 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Deepthi Swamy ◽

Apurba Mitra ◽

Varun Agarwal ◽

Megan Mahajan ◽

Robbie Orvis

Keyword(s):

Energy Policy ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Cost Effective ◽

The United States ◽

Technical Note ◽

Reference Scenario ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Climate Targets ◽

Effective Manner ◽

Business As Usual

India is currently the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) after China and the United States and is set to experience continued growth in its population, economy, and energy consumption. Exploring low-carbon development pathways for India is therefore crucial for achieving the goal of global decarbonization. India has pledged to reduce the emission intensity of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 33–35 per cent relative to 2005 levels by 2030 through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), among other related targets for the renewable energy and forestry sectors. Further, countries, including India, are expected to respond to the invitation of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Paris Agreement to communicate new or updated NDCs with enhanced ambition and long-term low-GHG development strategies for 2050. To design effective policy packages to support the planning and achievement of such climate targets, policymakers need to identify policies that can reduce GHG emissions in a timely and cost-effective manner, while meeting development-related and other national objectives. The India Energy Policy Simulator (India EPS), an open-source, system dynamics model, can enable an integrated quantitative assessment of different cross-sectoral climate policy packages for India through 2050 and their implications for key variables of interest such as emissions, GDP, and jobs. The tool was developed by Energy Innovation LLC and adapted for India in partnership with World Resources Institute. It is available for open access through a Web interface as well as a downloadable application. This technical note describes the structure, input data sources, assumptions, and limitations of the India EPS, as well as the setup and key results of its reference scenario, referred to as the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario in the model. It is intended as an update to the first technical note on the India EPS (Mangan et al. 2019) and accounts for the changes incorporated into the model since the first version.

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