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Teardown Index: Emissions of Single-Family Homes in Vancouver

Teardown Index: Emissions of Single-Family Homes in Vancouver

Joseph Dahmen, Jens von Bergmann, Misha Das
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 38
ISBN13: 9781799824268|ISBN10: 1799824268|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799824275|EISBN13: 9781799824282
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2426-8.ch003
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Dahmen, Joseph, et al. "Teardown Index: Emissions of Single-Family Homes in Vancouver." Examining the Environmental Impacts of Materials and Buildings, edited by Blaine Erickson Brownell, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 64-101. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2426-8.ch003

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Dahmen, J., von Bergmann, J., & Das, M. (2020). Teardown Index: Emissions of Single-Family Homes in Vancouver. In B. Brownell (Ed.), Examining the Environmental Impacts of Materials and Buildings (pp. 64-101). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2426-8.ch003

Chicago

Dahmen, Joseph, Jens von Bergmann, and Misha Das. "Teardown Index: Emissions of Single-Family Homes in Vancouver." In Examining the Environmental Impacts of Materials and Buildings, edited by Blaine Erickson Brownell, 64-101. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2426-8.ch003

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Abstract

Replacing older homes with new ones constructed to higher efficiency standards is one way to raise the operating efficiency of building stocks. However, new buildings require large amounts of embodied energy to construct, and it can take years before more efficient operations offset carbon emissions associated with new construction. This chapter looks at the carbon dioxide emission payback period of newly constructed, efficient single-family homes in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the authors find that it takes over 150 years for the operation to equal the embodied carbon associated with the of a typical high-efficiency new home. The findings suggest that current policies aimed at reducing emissions by replacing older homes with new high-efficiency buildings should be reconsidered.