Life cycle energy and carbon analysis of commercial and residential buildings in India

Throughout the various stages of a building's life cycle, a significant amount of CO2 is released into the atmosphere: in the production of materials and goods, the construction of the building itself, the preparation of the site, the exploitation, the repairs, the subsequent rehabilitations, and finally the final demolition. By judiciously selecting renewable building materials, it is possible to cut embodied energy in building materials by up to 55% and CO2 emissions by up to 43% during the construction process, according to the findings of this study. This study aims to quantify the cumulative quantity of CO2 emissions and embodied energy that may be avoided by employing the methodology described in the material selection process of a building's life cycle. This material selection and the bioclimatic features must be established from the onset of design. This research was undertaken as a case study on an existing high-rise residential structure in the United Arab Emirates, which was constructed conventionally without using any unique materials. The construction is equivalent to a hypothetical structure with the same qualities but manufactured from renewable materials.