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Claude Green
CAD technician
Asked a question 2 years ago

How Construction Sector can Reduce the Carbon Emission?

What efforts are needed by the construction sector to reduce carbon emission? As per one report, construction and the built-up environment is responsible for 45% of Carbon emission.

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Manuel Mason
Purchasing Coordinator

We can reduce the emission of gases in the construction industry by applying the following steps;

1- By implementing smart and efficient materials which are more durable and cheap. Also, it causes less pollution while they are manufacturing in the factory.

2- Eliminating material waste on the design stage could decrease the emission of gases by 18% in the atmosphere.

3- Finding alternative material to the cement and steel in the construction industry for the construction of buildings and other structures because only cement contributes 32% of all the emissions in the world from material consumption.

4- Giving subsidies and tax-exemption for those eco-friendly buildings which are environment-friendly and sustainable use materials like bamboo are used.

5- Reusing building material and waste in a creative way to build new houses and flats is a step which also helps in the reduction of global gases.

Timmothy Ferguson
Assistant Project Manager
How Construction Sector can Reduce the Carbon Emission?

Nearly 80% of carbon emission is due to building construction.

With the help of some following points construction sector can definitely reduce carbon emission :

  • Every building should be implemented carbon capture and storage(CCS) technology in their building.
  • Construct that type of building which consume very less amount of energy
  • Any kind of building either it is residential or commercial, it should be used renewable energy source.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) Technology :

  • Can capture carbon dioxide emission and store it permanently, hence CO2 don’t into the atmosphere and it is not responsible for climate change