T-4C1-2 - Low carbon construction of multi-family buildings

Background

IPCC WG3 definition: TBD.

No other commonly used building material requires as little energy to produce as wood. Wood products also act as carbon sinks, and the average life of wood as structural material is 75 years. Every cubic metre of wood used as a substitute for other building materials reduces CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere by an average of 1 to 2.5 tonnes of CO₂.

Transition Element

• Type of shift: Type Shift
• Activity: TBD
• Operation: TBD
• ATOC: TBD

Activities

Shift from:

• A-4C1-1 - Construction Residential blocks

Shift to:

• A-4C1-3 - Low-carbon construction of residential blocks

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description

YAML Specification

title: T-4C1-2 - Low carbon construction of multi-family buildings
id: low_carbon_construction_of_multi_family_residential_housing
sector: buildings
progress: 25
version: 2.0.0
name: low_carbon_construction_of_multi_family_residential_housing
type: shift
unitOfMeasure: m2
cohort:
  expression: '1'
shiftFrom:
  atoc:
    expression: '1'
  chains:
  - chain: residential_multi_family_standard_construction
shiftTo:
  atoc:
    expression: '1'
  chains:
  - chain: residential_multi_family_low_carbon_construction

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