TY  - GEN
AB  - Load-bearing systems in buildings, significant in material use and embodied greenhouse gas emissions (EGHGE), have lacked detailed analysis on their environmental and functional relationships over time and space. This study evaluates the environmental impacts of building structures in Geneva, Switzerland, considering factors like material usage, EGHGE, and urban development. A new method using a similarity-weighted function projects environmental impacts onto a GIS-based building stock, analysing 48 archetypal and 84,477 stock buildings built from 1850 to 2018. Results show a 37% reduction in structural volume per floor area and a 10% increase in mass over time. Buildings predating the masonry-to-concrete transition would produce 7% more EGHGE if constructed today. Multi-residential buildings emit 14% less EGHGE than single homes. A new indicator amortizes upfront environmental effects over a building's lifespan, aiding in historical comparisons of building stocks. This approach underscores the need for spatial-temporal environmental impact mapping to understand sustainable urban development dynamics.
AD  - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
AD  - ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
AD  - ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
AD  - School of Engineering and Architecture (HEIA-FR), HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
AD  - Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ; The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
AU  - Fivet, Corentin
AU  - De Wolf, Catherine
AU  - Menny, Thibaut
AU  - Vanbutsele, Séréna
AU  - Stephan, André
CY  - Amsterdam
DA  - 2024-06
DO  - 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100194
DO  - DOI
EP  - 100194
ID  - 15343
JF  - Cleaner Environmental Systems
KW  - building stock modelling
KW  - load-bearing systems
KW  - embodied greenhouse gas emissions
KW  - carbon footprint
KW  - urban planning
KW  - construction history
L1  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15343/files/Vanbutsele_2024_multiscale_spatiotemporal_characterisation_embodied_environmental_performance_building_structures_Geneva_1850_2018.pdf
L2  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15343/files/Vanbutsele_2024_multiscale_spatiotemporal_characterisation_embodied_environmental_performance_building_structures_Geneva_1850_2018.pdf
L4  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15343/files/Vanbutsele_2024_multiscale_spatiotemporal_characterisation_embodied_environmental_performance_building_structures_Geneva_1850_2018.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15343/files/Vanbutsele_2024_multiscale_spatiotemporal_characterisation_embodied_environmental_performance_building_structures_Geneva_1850_2018.pdf
N2  - Load-bearing systems in buildings, significant in material use and embodied greenhouse gas emissions (EGHGE), have lacked detailed analysis on their environmental and functional relationships over time and space. This study evaluates the environmental impacts of building structures in Geneva, Switzerland, considering factors like material usage, EGHGE, and urban development. A new method using a similarity-weighted function projects environmental impacts onto a GIS-based building stock, analysing 48 archetypal and 84,477 stock buildings built from 1850 to 2018. Results show a 37% reduction in structural volume per floor area and a 10% increase in mass over time. Buildings predating the masonry-to-concrete transition would produce 7% more EGHGE if constructed today. Multi-residential buildings emit 14% less EGHGE than single homes. A new indicator amortizes upfront environmental effects over a building's lifespan, aiding in historical comparisons of building stocks. This approach underscores the need for spatial-temporal environmental impact mapping to understand sustainable urban development dynamics.
PB  - Elsevier
PP  - Amsterdam
PY  - 2024-06
SN  - 2666-7894
SP  - 100194
T1  - Multiscale spatiotemporal characterisation of embodied environmental performance of building structures in Geneva from 1850 to 2018
TI  - Multiscale spatiotemporal characterisation of embodied environmental performance of building structures in Geneva from 1850 to 2018
UR  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15343/files/Vanbutsele_2024_multiscale_spatiotemporal_characterisation_embodied_environmental_performance_building_structures_Geneva_1850_2018.pdf
VL  - 2024, 13
Y1  - 2024-06
ER  -