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Assessment of CO2 emissions and resource sustainability for housing construction in Malaysia

Author(s) -

Yasuyoshi Fujita,

Hiroshi Matsumoto,

Ho Chin Siong

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

international journal of low-carbon technologies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1748-1325

pISSN - 1748-1317

DOI - 10.1093/ijlct/ctp002

Subject(s) - sustainability , resource (disambiguation) , business , resource efficiency , environmental resource management , environmental economics , resource use , natural resource economics , environmental planning , architectural engineering , engineering , environmental science , economics , computer science , ecology , computer network , biology

Assessment of a society's environmental load is one of the important tasks when creating a sustainable society. The authors of this paper assessed CO2 emissions and forest resource sustainability for the housing construction taking place in Malaysia using an Input-Output analysis. Common housing types such as apartments and terraced houses were assessed. The findings showed that the main sources of CO2 emissions during the construction phase were generated in the building components, such as building structures and foundations. The forest resource sustainability will be sustained under certain conditions, even if timber housing construction is to be promoted. This paper also discusses the methods for both CO2 reductions and forest resource sustainability

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