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).
Recognized that people from different, ethnic groups, geographical locations, nationalities, sexes, cultural practices, religions, political view, economy power and age group, work and live differently and understanding the anthropology is of paramount to ensure technical skills is not employ in vain. In the context of Project Management Professional (PMP), it’s within the elements of enterprise environmental factors and Organization Process Assets of which stakeholder analysis such as stakeholder engagement assessment matrix, RACI analysis& Salient Stakeholders models would be employed within the stakeholder management plan in ensuring the success of project.
It was once said 40% of world tower cranes was occupied in Dubai, indeed people from all over the world was pouring into the desert city, bring along with them the technology and knowledge in construction. It was eye opening for me to witness and learned how technology challenge the Mother Nature by converting the sparse desert into a sprawling megalopolis. The influx of people double up population by 2007 has risen demand for electricity by 55.8% and carbon dioxide emission by 64%, since 1994. Energy related activities accounted for90% of total emission. UAE has seen listed as top in the list of environment polluter worldwide and has the largest ecology footprint globally. CO2e in the year 2000 alone was 128.3 million tons. Development in such rapid rate is not without its expense,average temperature is expected to be between 1.6 to 2.9°C warmer in 2050 and 2.3 to 5.9°C warmer in 2100, from current temperature of 48°C in Dubai and 50°C in Al-Ain, during the summer. More energy is used to fuel the cooling seems like the snowballing effect hardly end anytime sooner
My recent trip to Nepal value me how precious basic infrastructure is. Temperature dropped to -20°C at night, in the mountain region, and public electric supply is not reliable even in the city which forced me to go without bath for 5 days! Nonetheless, I realized how prudent the local in electricity& water utilization. Photovoltaic have dotted all over Kathmandu as alternative to public supply. Houses were made out of local available materials, no cement based building materials was sighted in the mountain.
I do belief human constantly strive for betterment,weight risk in relation to situations, in the process and react accordingly. Nevertheless, knowledge in how our reaction effects on climate change must first be imparted before introduce the risk, whether economically or by-law, e.g. Electric tariff hikes by 14.9% alerted heavy consumer, however how rational of the tariff in line with the efficiency of TNB is another question altogether.
Realized that electricity consumption per capita has been rising 52% from 2,720kWh in year 2000 to 4135kWh in 2010. In comparison to our more advanced neighbor, Singapore, over the same period with just 10.9% increased from 7,575kWh to 8,306kWh but significantreduction in carbon dioxide emission since 1997 and even dropping below Malaysian’s marks after break-even in 2007 at 7.29 CO2e per capita. So what does it implied??
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