NDLI: Energy efficient buildings as a tool for ensuring sustainability in the building industry

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Author	Mohammed, A. Mustapha, A. Mu'azu, N.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Civil Engineering & Water Resources Engineeering Dept., University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069, Borno State Nigeria (Mustapha, A.; Mu'azu, N.) \|\| Civil Engineering Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, PMB 0248, Bauchi, Nigeria (Mohammed, A.)
Abstract	The sustainability of our sources of energy has been in the front burner of recent because of the climate change debate - that emissions from fossil fuel based industries are mainly responsible for the greenhouse effect, which has resulted in a change in the global weather pattern. Consequently, various industries including the building industry have adopted energy efficiency measures as a way of prudently using this scarce resource. The building industry is the greatest consumer of energy worldwide, as such any measures taken by the industry to improve energy efficiency in our buildings will have a desirable effect in the reduction of carbon emissions into air. The paper discusses the concept of embodied energy or carbon of building materials as well as the concept of running or operational carbon. It further highlights strategies that could be used by the various stakeholders in the building industry; namely the building materials producers, builders, designers and governments to improve energy efficiency in buildings. It also shows that for the strategies to work, they must be part of a building materials policy for the country in order to achieve an industry wide implementation of the measures, so as to move the country towards sustainable construction by utilising energy efficient building materials.
Starting Page	4402
Ending Page	4405
File Size	241469
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612847719
e-ISBN	9781612847740
DOI	10.1109/ICMT.2011.6003238
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-07-26
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Building materials Government Buildings Embodied energy Sustainability Carbon dioxide Energy efficiency Embodied carbon
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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