embodied energy

"EE is the energy required to provide a product, both directly and indirectly through all processes upstream (i.e. traceable backwards from the finished product to consideration of raw materials).

It can represent as much as 30 years of operational energy in buildings (Pullen, S. (1995). Embodied Energy of Building Materials. Unpublished Master of Building Science Thesis, University of Adelaide, Adelaide.)" -- Treloar, G. J., Love, P. E. D. and Holt, G. D., 1998, Using national input-output data for embodied energy analysis of individual residential buildings

Embodied energy does not referred to energy available or inherent in a material or product as a logical derivation of the words would suggest. A more accurate term for embodied energy is ˇ°Cumulative Energy Demandˇ±, because it represents the sum of all the energy inputs into a product system, from all stages of the life cycle which are included in the study developing the embodied energy data. For building materials this is usually extraction of materials, processing, transport and manufacture, and sometimes including capital equipment and services supplied to the product system in question. For a full product system or service the use and disposal phase may be included in the value. -- http://buildlca.rmit.edu.au/Embodied_Energy_Definition.html

Gross Energy Requirement - GER

Process Energy Requirement - PER: energy directly related to the manufacture of the material.

Life Cycle Stages of one material Extraction of raw materials, Material manufacture, Fabrication of products or components, Distribution & transport, Use, Maintenance, Disposal/ Recycling

Input Output Analysis - This is an method of determining environmental data from industry sectors based on economic activity between different sectors of the economy. -- http://buildlca.rmit.edu.au/Embodied_Energy_Definition.html

Software (a few)

Lichee (www.dbce.csiro.au/innovation/2002-02/lichee.htm)

Athena (www.environmental-center.com/software/athena/athena.htm)

Sites:

CSIRO (www.dbce.csiro.au/brochures/embodied/)

Technical Manual (www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs31.htm) at YourHome (www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/home.htm)

http://www.cdnarchitect.com/asf/perspectives_sustainibility/measures_of_sustainablity/measures_of_sustainablity_embodied.htm

Assessment method: (www.surveying.salford.ac.uk/bqtoolkit/tkpages/ass_meth/classes/des_am.htm)

Accessment method - SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

Full list of programs/sites for assessment methods for environmental impact.




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Environmental Effects of Building Materials

"This paper uses recent scientific data to test the validity of the perceptions uncovered in the survey: wood was considered the most environmentally friendly building material (masonry ranked second, concrete third, and steel fourth). "




Greening the building life cycle

Hybrid Embodied Energy case studies, embodied energy case




Lichee - LIfe Cycle House Energy Evaluation,

by CSIRO Built Environment




SPOLD

" an internationally recognised format for the collection and exchange of data on all environmental impacts, including embodied energy"




Technical Manual - construction and building design

An Australia site "show how to design and build a more comfortable home that has less impact on the environment."




Weatherize Your Home-Caulk and Weather Strip

Nice lists of Caulk and Weather Strip, and some web links

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A complete model of embodied energy ˇ®pathways' for residential buildings, by Treloar, G. J., 1996

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A holistic approach to materials selection in component design, by Carlsson, B., Virtanen, Y., N?kleby, J.O. and Sandstr?m, R., 2001

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An environmental assessment of wood and steel reinforced concrete housing construction, by Gerilla, G. P., Teknomo, K. and Hokao, K., 2007

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Automating building life cycle energy assesment, by Drogemuller, R., Ambrose, M. and Tucker, S., 0

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Building environmental assessment methods: applications and development trends , by Crawley, D. and Aho, I., Hinks, J. and Cook, G., 1999

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Current worldwide embodied energy research, by Stewart, J. and Graham, P., 1996

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Data quality of embodied energy methods, by Pullen, S. F., 1996

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Embodied energy of common and alternative building materials and technologies , by Venkatarama-Reddy, B. V. and K. S. Jagadish and Jagadish, K. S., 2002

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Embodied energy: a parameter for the environmetal assessment of building materials, by Mitchell, P. and Hyde, R., 1996

the first good publication

Energy cost of houses and light construction buildings , by Baird, G. and Chan, S. A., 1983

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Energy efficiency building standards project - review of embodied energy, by Jaques, R., 1996

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Life cycle analysis of a residential home in Michigan, by Blanchard, S. and Reppe, P., 1998

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On the use of simulation in the design of embedded energy systems, by Clarke, J. A., Hensen, J. L. M., Johnstone, C. M. and Macdonald, I., 1999

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Practical and policy issues in analysis of embodied energy and its application, by Pears, A., 1996

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Product comparison methods, by Salomonsson, G. D. and Ambrose, M. D., 1996

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The embodied energy of a standard house - then and now, by Alcorn, J.A. and Haslam, P.J, 1996

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Transportation energy embodied in construction materials, by Miller, J. D. et al, 1996

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Using national input-output data for embodied energy analysis of individual residential buildings , by Treloar, G. J., Love, P. E. D. and Holt, G. D., 1998