Implications of optimising prefabrication for the life cycle carbon emissions of high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong

Professor Pan, Wei   (Principal Investigator (PI))

Professor Anumba Chimay   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Niu Jian-lei   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Ng Thomas Shiu Tong   (Co-Investigator)

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Implications of optimising prefabrication for the life cycle carbon emissions of high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong

Building carbon emission, Life cycle assessment, Low-carbon building, Prefabrication, Sustainable construction

Building and Construction

Engineering (E)

17207115

General Research Fund (GRF)

2015

Completed

1) To develop a building life cycle carbon emission model that adopts the LCA approach to estimate the embodied and operational carbon emissions of a reference high-rise public residential building in Hong Kong; 2) To estimate carbon emissions in line with the building life cycle stages of high-rise public residential buildings in Hong Kong with different cases and prefabrication scenarios; 3) To develop solutions for achieving maximum carbon emission reduction in Hong Kong’s high-rise public residential buildings through the optimal use of prefabrication integrating low-carbon materials and innovative design features.