RP2007: Integrated Carbon Metrics – A Multi-Scale Life Cycle Approach to Assessing, Mapping and Tracking Carbon Outcomes for the Built Environment

This study explores the case of Sydney, Australia, and its many suburbs.

The authors examine intercity carbon footprint (CF) networks and disclose a hierarchy of responsibility for emissions between cities and regions.

Cutter soil mix (CSM) walls are created by mixing soils with cement and bentonite slurry to produce a soil–cement mix with modest tensile and compressive strengths. CSM walls may be stabilised using internal steel beams. Presented here are the results of a CSM wall field trial and laboratory...

As global population and urbanization increase, so do the direct and indirect environmental impacts of construction around the world. 

Cities are leading actions against climate change through global networks. More than 360 global cities announced during the 2015 Paris Climate Conference that the collective impact of their commitments will deliver over half of the world’s urban greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2020. 

This research developed an integrated life-cycle model to support the precinct-scale evaluation of carbon footprint...

In order to ensure that the Integrated Carbon Metrics project meets industry and user needs a scoping study was conducted within Australia with construction industry professionals.  Results are outlined in this document.

The main objective of this study is to harmonise different data and methods such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Input Output Analysis (IOA) and Material Flow Analysis (MFA) to accurately calculate the embodied carbon emissions of construction materials in Australia. Read the paper...

This technical note presents a method to decompose life cycle inventories derived from integrated and mixed-unit hybrid life cycle assessment.

This study looks at a mixed-unit hybrid life cycle assessment approach, based on a combination of process life cycle inventory, input–output, and material flow data, to model the economy-wide potential use of recycled construction materials in Australia.

This PhD study describes the development of a comprehensive environmental and economic framework for integrated building evaluation and demonstrates its potential by applying it to built environment examples.

This paper published in Energy and Buildings presents a model for the integrated assessment of precinct carbon performance which takes into account carbon offsetting as well as interplays among precinct objects, precinct morphology, and resident life-styles.

By comparing residential and non-residential building stock scenarios using an IO-based hybrid LCA scenario method, this study gains insight into potential emissions reductions opportunities. 

This study published in Science Direct highlights the importance of considering a buildings’ expected performance, whether it be environmental or financial, based on its entire life cycle.

We are developing a suite of carbon accounting tools that provide a complete picture of the carbon lifecycle, at the building, precinct and city level. 

Teh, S. H., Wiedmann, T., Castel, A.,  de Burgh, J., Hybrid life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from cement, concrete and geopolymer concrete in Australia. Journal of Cleaner Production.

Fouché, M. and Crawford, R.H. (2015) The Australian construction industry’s approach to embodied carbon assessment: a scoping study, Living and Learning: Research for a Better Built Environment, 49th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, edited by Crawford, R.H. and...

Chen, G., Hadjikakou, M. and Wiedmann, T. (2016) Urban carbon transformations: unravelling spatial and inter-sectoral linkages for key city industries based on multi-region input-output analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. Published online 20 April 2016

Monique Fouché, IELab conference poster: ICM Scoping Study Results (11-12 June 2015, Sydney)

Huang, B., Xing, K. and Pullen S. (2015) Energy and carbon performance evaluation for buildings and urban precincts: review and a new modelling concept. Journal of Cleaner Production (published online 23 December 2015). 

Wiedmann, T. O., Chen, G. and Barrett, J. (2015) The Concept of City Carbon Maps: A Case Study of Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Industrial Ecology, (published online 12 October 2015). 

Teh, S. H., Wiedmann, T., Schinabeck, J., Rowley, H. and Moore, S. (2015) Integrated Carbon Metrics and Assessment for the Built Environment. Procedia CIRP, 29, 480-485. 

Student poster - Participants Annual Forum 2015 - Sebastian Davies-Slate

A zero carbon PPP light rail to Greater Curtin

Student poster - Participants Annual Forum 2015 - Monique Fouche

The balance between greenhouse gas emissions and cost: A life cycle approach towards GHG reduction and financial performance in buildings

This report provides a summary of the scoping study and workshop outcomes for the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) project, which were undertaken to ensure the project...

Research Snapshot A3 size poster from Participants Annual Forum 2014

Student Poster - Participants Annual Forum 2014, Soo Huey Teh - Soze A2