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082 _aMBEP TH-0098
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100 _aDas, Debanjana (PBE22087)
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245 0 _aQuantifying correlation between seismic zones & embodied carbon using LCA (Softcopy is also available)
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505 _aTABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT i UNDERTAKING iii CERTIFICATE v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii ABBREVIATIONS ix TABLE OF CONTENTS xi LIST OF FIGURES xiv LIST OF TABLES xvii LIST OF APPENDIX xix CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Overview 1 1.2 Embodied carbon and energy in construction material 2 1.3 Embodied carbon and Operational carbon in buildings 2 1.4 Contribution of Cement and Steel in the construction industry 3 1.5 Gap in the Current Policy Landscape 3 1.6 Seismic Zones Consideration in India 4 1.7 Seismic design consideration 4 CHAPTER-2: Literature Review 7 2.1 What is LCA 7 2.2 LCA calculation 8 2.3 LCA in residential buildings 9 2.4 Embodied carbon & energy analysis for residential buildings 11 2.5 Percentage variation of Steel and concrete in different seismic zones of India 11 2.6 Energy consumption in cement and steel manufacturing 12 2.7 Energy consumption in transportation of building materials 13 CHAPTER-3: Research methodology 15 3.1 Aim 15 3.2 Research Question 15 3.3 Research Objective 15 3.4 Seismic design loads considerations 15 3.5 Building for study and rationale for selection: 18 3.6 Scope and limitation of the study 20 3.6.1 Geographical location considered : 20 3.6.2 Design calculation for varying Seismic zone 20 3.6.3 Materials and components under study 21 3.6.4 Process considered for study 21 3.7 Structural quantities estimation 21 3.7.1 Lifecycle Assessment 22 3.7.2 Goal and Scope definition 22 3.7.3 Inventory Analysis 24 3.7.4 Impact Assessment 30 CHAPTER-4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 33 4.1 Component-wise breakup of concrete and steel quantities 33 4.2 Embodied carbon and energy quantification 34 4.2.1 Concrete 34 4.2.2 Steel 38 4.3 Correlation established through regression method 40 4.4 Verification through Pearson correlation coefficient formula 44 CHAPTER-5: CONCLUSIONS 47 CHAPTER-6: Comments 49 REFERENCES 51 APPENDIX: 53 APPENDIX 2 – Pearson Coefficient 75 APPENDIX 3 – Transportation Calculation 77
700 _aRawal, Rajan (Guide)
890 _aIndia
891 _a2022 Batch
891 _aFT-PG
891 _aMasters of Technology in Building Energy Performance
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