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== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
'''Embodied Emissions in Buildings'''. The GHG emissions associated with the non-operational phase of the project. This includes emissions cause by extraction, manufacture, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, deconstruction, disposal and end of life aspects of the materials and systems that make up a building.  
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'''Embodied Emissions in Buildings'''. The [[Greenhouse Gas Emissions]] associated with the non-operational phase of the project.  
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This includes emissions caused by  
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* extraction
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* manufacture
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* transportation
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* assembly
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* maintenance
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* replacement
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* deconstruction
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* disposal and  
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* end of life aspects  
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of the materials and systems that make up a building.  
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As defined in<ref>PCAF (2020). The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry. First edition.</ref>
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
 
[[Category:PCAF]]
 
[[Category:PCAF]]

Latest revision as of 16:21, 20 April 2021

Definition

Embodied Emissions in Buildings. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions associated with the non-operational phase of the project.

This includes emissions caused by

  • extraction
  • manufacture
  • transportation
  • assembly
  • maintenance
  • replacement
  • deconstruction
  • disposal and
  • end of life aspects


of the materials and systems that make up a building.

As defined in[1]

References

  1. PCAF (2020). The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry. First edition.