Mike Lawrence
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 163-174, 2015, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2015.634105
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… More >
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