Tuesday, 18 February 2014

The Dinosaurs in Building Sector

Building sector account for 38% of human GHG emission (10% residential& 18% commercial), an ever increasing  trend  since  the  introduction  of  cement  based  building  materials  apart  from  electric appliances&  gadgets  that  has  become  part  of  daily  life  necessity.  On  average  a  regular  building attribute 5,000kg CO2e/m2 through its lifecycle of which 25% come from its construction while up to 2% of it during its course of operation per year. We  can’t  twist  the  facts  that  the  demand  for  building  is  in  tandem  with  the  ever  growing  human population which translate to increment of GHG emission, thus questions on effects of climate change and  sustainability  natural  resources  ensued.  United Nation  (UN)  projected  that  world  population would reached its peak, at 9.22billions, in 2075, an additional of 2.1 billion souls from now. The right for quality shelter is basic to humanity which by then foreseeable as a matter of past but to reached there a mechanism to achieve the equilibrium between human and the surrounding environment is critical now. The sector is most promising in CO2 emission reduction in related to cost effectiveness, as suggested by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).