ANALYSIS OF EMBODIED CARBON CALCULATION FOR MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS BASED ON INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
This report provides an example of the calculation of embodied carbon for a research facility that has achieved 『ZEB』, based on international standards, specifically for air conditioning and plumbing systems. The result of the embodied carbon calculation for air conditioning and plumbing was 5.82 kg-CO2e/m2year, or 12.8% of the total embodied carbon of the building. Refrigerants also accounted for a large share, 69.8%, of the total EC for air conditioning and plumbing. To provide example to be compared, embodied carbon calculations were also performed for general buildings.
Authors
- Kan Shindo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-3450)
- Daisuke Hatori
- Shin‐ichi Tanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-1645)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-1092)
- Nobuhiro Hirasuga
- Atsushi Ishii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-2810)
- Takayoshi Iida
- Hiroki Kawano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6560-6657)
- Taiki Kobayashi
- Toshiki ISAHAYA
Institutions
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Germany) (DE)
- Mitsubishi Corporation (United States) (US)
- Waseda University (JP)
- Mitsubishi Electric (Germany) (DE)
- Mitsubishi Electric (Japan) (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)
- Published
- 2025-11-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3130/aije.90.657
- Primary Topic
- Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00