T-4C1-3 - Low carbon construction of commercial 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-4C1-2 - Construction of commercial buildings

Shift to:

• A-4C1-4 - Low-carbon construction of commercial buildings

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description

YAML Specification

title: T-4C1-3 - Low carbon construction of commercial buildings
id: low_carbon_construction_of_non_residential_commercial_buildings
sector: buildings
progress: 25
version: 2.0.0
name: low_carbon_construction_of_non_residential_commercial_buildings
type: shift
unitOfMeasure: m2
cohort:
  expression: '1'
shiftFrom:
  atoc:
    expression: '1'
  chains:
  - chain: non_residential_commercial_standard_construction
shiftTo:
  atoc:
    expression: '1'
  chains:
  - chain: non_residential_commercial_low_carbon_construction

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