Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Lamarana Bah, Mamadou (2022) Carbon footprint assessment of the construction materials and energy usage of KICT building in IIUM. In: Regional Conference in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education Institutions 2021, 22 - 23 January 2022, Skudai,Johor. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The increasing of carbon emissions in our atmosphere is becoming an environmental issue due to climate change and global warming. The construction industry is one of the biggest carbon dioxide emitter’s activities in the world. Statistic shows that in Malaysia, buildings account for about 20 % of GHG production, which comes in third place after transport 27 % and industries 21 %. In 2017, Malaysia ranks 25th in the world in terms of carbon emissions, with 255 MtCO2 of the 36153 MtCO2 world total emissions. In order to minimize the increase in carbon emissions from the construction of the building, several studies have identified some of the effective carbon assessment tools for construction projects such as the Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) developed in the UK, but it is lack of implementation in Malaysia. This study presents an analysis of carbon footprint from an office building (KICT building) to identify and quantify the main sources of carbon emissions and energy consumption of the project and proposes environmentally friendly materials to replace conventional building materials to achieve the implementation of sustainability in Malaysia. In addition, the calculations has shown that the values obtain for electricity consumption is 38,191.4 tons CO2 for only twelve (12) months of operation, whereas construction materials give values of 8,262.4 tons CO2, with the difference of 29,929 tons CO2, which represent in term of percentage 82.2 % and 17.8 % respectively for electricity consumption and construction materials overall. In the other hand, comparing both electricity consumption and construction materials, it is found that during operation at KICT building generate four times more carbon dioxide than embodied carbon from construction materials. One key factor to success is to work in cross function teams where different knowledge and experience cooperate and make the emission reduction even more efficient.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Global Warming; Construction Industry; Carbon Footprint; Electricity Consumption; Construction Materials |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > TJ163.26 Energy conservation |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Applied Arts and Design |
| Depositing User: | Dr Shamzani Affendy Mohd Din |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2022 15:19 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2022 15:19 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/100798 |
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