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The contribution of the German building sector to achieve the 1.5 °C target

Kropp, Tobias ORCID iD icon 1; Lennerts, Kunibert 1; Fisch, Manfred Norbert; Kley, Christian; Wilken, Thomas; Marx, Simon; Zak, Jan
1 Institut für Technologie und Management im Baubetrieb (TMB), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The melting greenhouse gas emissions budget of the German building sector for the 1.5 °C target requires fast counteraction. In this paper, an analysis of the applicable legal and regulatory framework, the funding situation as well as national and international strategies on a transformation towards climate neutrality elucidates that the suggested approaches do not take a holistic view into account. They neglect, that embodied emissions from construction and emissions from operations phases of buildings must be oriented on the remaining budget, as well as material and human resources associated with the required actions. Therefore a framework to decarbonise the German building sector with eleven recommendations for action, which addresses these findings, is developed with a panel of experts. The results clarify, that the focus must be on adapting the existing building stock since renovation processes release significantly fewer emissions than the construction of new buildings. Stricter legal requirements for building envelopes have no significant effect on the reduction of emissions. Instead, fast-acting measures, such as the usage of district heating, photovoltaics, heat pumps, the optimisation of building operation and digitalisation, must be implemented in a prioritised manner to save resources and maintain the emissions budget longer. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000152020
Veröffentlicht am 27.10.2022
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2022.2133015
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Technologie und Management im Baubetrieb (TMB)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1758-3004, 1758-3012
KITopen-ID: 1000152020
Erschienen in Carbon Management
Verlag Taylor and Francis
Band 13
Heft 1
Seiten 511–530
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Vorab online veröffentlicht am 14.10.2022
Schlagwörter German building sector, Greenhouse gas emissions budget, embodied and operational emissions, human and material resources, decarbonisation framework
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