Carbon Emission Assessment of a Substation Building in Xiamen, China

Abstract

Buildings are, collectively, a high-energy-consuming sector, accounting for as much as 50.9% of total carbon emissions. With the introduction of carbon peaks and neutrality as carbon reduction strategies, carbon emissions reduction has become a research hotspot in the construction industry. Most of the current research focuses on residential and public buildings; the carbon footprint of industrial buildings has been less explored. In this study, we focused on a subset of industrial buildings, the energy substations in Xiamen, China. The carbon intensity of the three stages of material production, transportation, and operation is calcu-lated. The results of the study show that the three stages of whole-life cycle carbon emissions are 1,612,889.25, 51,038.9 and 17,034,352.5 kgCO2e, and the percent are 8.63%, 0.27% and 91.10%, respectively.