Defining embodied carbon in construction

摘要

The UK Green Building Council defines embodied carbon thus: "Embodied carbon is the total greenhouse gas emissions (often simplified to 'carbon') generated to produce a built asset. This includes emissions caused by extraction, manufacture/processing, transportation and assembly of every product and element. "In some cases (depending on the boundary of an assessment), it may also include the maintenance, replacement, deconstruction, disposal and end-of-life aspects of the materials and systems that make up the asset. "It excludes operational emissions of the asset."