@Article{JRM.2015.634105,
AUTHOR = {Mike Lawrence},
TITLE = {Reducing the Environmental Impact of Construction by  Using Renewable Materials},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {3},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {163--174},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v3n3/49572},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {The relative importance of embodied energy and operational energy on the environmental impact of 
construction are examined in this article. It highlights the fact that the targets set by the Kyoto Protocol are 
primarily being met by the reduction of in-use energy, and that the implications of that are that the energy 
embodied in buildings will increase in signifi cance from its current 17% level to 50% by 2050. The article 
describes how the use of bio-based renewable materials can make a signifi cant contribution to reducing not 
only the embodied energy of buildings by using the sequestration of CO2
 through photosynthesis, but also 
in-use energy demand through passive environmental control. Case studies are presented showing ways in 
which this has been achieved.},
DOI = {10.7569/JRM.2015.634105}
}