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Embodied Carbon

Embodied Carbon is the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the extraction, production, transportation, and installation of building materials over their lifecycle, distinguishing it from operational carbon by focusing on upfront environmental impacts.

797

Publications

53K

Citations

2.2K

Authors

772

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

575

Variants

Embodied Carbon Emissions

Parents

Publications

797

Embodied GHG emissions of buildings – The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

Martin Röck, Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade, Maria Balouktsi et al. · Applied Energy · 2019 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Embodied energy and carbon in construction materials

Geoffrey P. Hammond, Craig I. Jones · Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy · 2008 · 981 citations · Full text

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Buildings as a global carbon sink

Galina Churkina, Alan Organschi, Christopher Reyer et al. · Nature Sustainability · 2020 · 956 citations

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Carbon emission of global construction sector

Lizhen Huang, Guri Krigsvoll, Fred Johansen et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2017 · 836 citations · Full text

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Embodied energy of common and alternative building materials and technologies

B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, K. S. Jagadish · Energy and Buildings · 2002 · 816 citations

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1–5 of 797

Authors

2.2K

  1. BS
    Bin Su

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    16 publications · 1.7K citations

    15

    h-index

  2. NB
    Naraindas Bheel

    Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia

    12 publications · 598 citations

    12

    h-index

  3. GH
    Guillaume Habert

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    11 publications · 2K citations

    11

    h-index

  4. TI
    Tim Ibell

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 488 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. DG
    Dabo Guan

    Tsinghua University, China

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

    h-index

1–5 of 2.2K

Institutions

772

  1. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    25 h-index

    67 publications

    6K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    52 publications

    3K citations

  3. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. Universiti Teknologi Petronas

    Ipoh, Malaysia

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    2K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    41 publications

    3K citations

  7. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    47 publications

    4K citations

  8. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    2.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Cleaner Production

    68 publications · 5.2K citations

    44

    h-index

  2. Energy and Buildings

    52 publications · 5.5K citations

    38

    h-index

  3. Building and Environment

    30 publications · 2.2K citations

    25

    h-index

  4. Sustainability

    50 publications · 1.9K citations

    24

    h-index

  5. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    ESPR · 26 publications · 1K citations

    19

    h-index

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