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dc.contributor.authorZheng, L
dc.contributor.authorMueller, M
dc.contributor.authorLuo, C
dc.contributor.authorMenneer, T
dc.contributor.authorYan, X
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-11T15:20:36Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-21
dc.date.updated2023-09-11T14:38:09Z
dc.description.abstractAssessing and reducing the whole-life carbon emissions (WLCE) of buildings is essential to achieving global climate targets. Although many studies have examined building WLCE, there is a lack of understanding of the variability of WLCE for a large number of similar buildings in proximity and the key influencing factors. We fill these knowledge gaps by quantifying the WLCE of 145 residential properties in Cornwall, UK, following methods recommended in official standards and guidelines for building WLCE and using actual electricity consumption recorded by sensors, and then analysing correlations between the WLCE and a range of factors related to the properties and their occupants. We found significant variations in the WLCE among these 145 properties, ranging from 21 to 193 t CO2eq, with the WLCE intensity ranging from 0.5 to 2.6 t CO2eq/m2. There are strong correlations between WLCE and two factors: floor area and number of occupants, followed by number of bedrooms, type of property, window frame material, type of heating system, age of the main occupant, type of glazing, and loft insulation thickness. This suggests that both building attributes and occupant characteristics can result in significant variations in the WLCE of similar buildings in proximity. Therefore, both building design and occupant lifestyle need to be considered when developing strategies to reduce building WLCE.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipChina Scholarship Councilen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipSmartline projecten_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipSmartline Extension projecten_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Regional Development Fund (ERDF)en_GB
dc.format.extent113387-
dc.identifier.citationVol. 296, article 113387en_GB
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113387
dc.identifier.grantnumber05R16P00305en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumber05R18P02819en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/133968
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0001-7489-6397 (Mueller, Markus)
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0002-9860-2901 (Luo, Chunbo)
dc.identifierScopusID: 57558289100 (Luo, Chunbo)
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0001-8575-6867 (Menneer, Tamaryn)
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0003-3165-5870 (Yan, Xiaoyu)
dc.identifierScopusID: 24484314900 | 57224465041 | 57226656591 | 57710986300 (Yan, Xiaoyu)
dc.identifierResearcherID: C-4178-2008 | N-2405-2019 (Yan, Xiaoyu)
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherElsevieren_GB
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en_GB
dc.subjectWhole Life carbon emissionsen_GB
dc.subjectBuilding life cycleen_GB
dc.subjectResidential propertyen_GB
dc.subjectSustainable building designen_GB
dc.titleVariations in whole-life carbon emissions of similar buildings in proximity: An analysis of 145 residential properties in Cornwall, UKen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2023-09-11T15:20:36Z
dc.identifier.issn0378-7788
exeter.article-number113387
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.descriptionData availability: Data will be made available on request.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalEnergy and Buildingsen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy and Buildings, 296
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-07-17
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2023-07-21
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2023-09-11T15:15:53Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2023-09-11T15:20:37Z
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