CO2 emissions scenarios and future projection for circular composite constructions (CoCoProject)

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Jan 2022
Duration in months:

48
Funding:

ArcelorMittal
Principal Investigator(s):

Christoph ODENBREIT

About

The project aims to develop possible scenarios regarding the construction market and combine it with different building construction typologies – in order to obtain projection scenario for future carbon emissions savings in the sector. The objective of this research is to evaluate both the effectiveness and barriers of Circular Economy objectives such as reuse in construction sector. It deploys Life Cycle Assessment and standardized methodologies to assess a variety of different scenarios of carbon dioxide emissions of construction products and building structures. It also tries to predict the emission values of construction sector for the next decades in response to the EU commission´s green deal targets and underlines the challenges to fulfil this mission. To achieve this goal, an innovative concept and carbon dioxide counting tool has been developed to facilitate the inventory management and environmental analysis in demountable structures. Reliable resources of data such as Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) are other essential ingredients of this research to work out environmentally friendly scenarios and evaluate them based on the future perspective of the construction market. Research Assistant: Shahin SAYYAREH PhD-Thesis Title (under development): Carbon emission counting and projection scenario of the future construction market