Residential Built Form and Carbon Footprint: Quantifying Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprint for Varied Residential Typologies Bhanu Mahajan and Meenakshi Singhal
By: Mahajan, Bhanu
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Contributor(s): Singhal, Meenakshi.
Publisher: New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2017Edition: Vol. 14(04), October-December.Description: 1-11.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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ITPI journalSummary: This study tries to investigate and quantitatively compare the impact of varied
residential development typologies on energy consumption and carbon footprint. Three
residential development scenarios are hypothesized on a site in Ahmedabad based on
differences in building heights, ground coverage and density which impact differently
upon requirements of buildings, transport infrastructure and public amenities. The
energy and carbon inventory of these scenarios are then compared in per capita values.
The research concludes that reduction in carbon and energy footprint by reduced
horizontal travel distance is offset by their increased usage in vertical amenities and
there is no significant change in the overall carbon footprint. This result can be used by
policy makers to check the penetration of west influenced developmental approaches
in India, while planners can acknowledge these findings and explore other methods to
reduce travel distance related carbon emissions.
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This study tries to investigate and quantitatively compare the impact of varied
residential development typologies on energy consumption and carbon footprint. Three
residential development scenarios are hypothesized on a site in Ahmedabad based on
differences in building heights, ground coverage and density which impact differently
upon requirements of buildings, transport infrastructure and public amenities. The
energy and carbon inventory of these scenarios are then compared in per capita values.
The research concludes that reduction in carbon and energy footprint by reduced
horizontal travel distance is offset by their increased usage in vertical amenities and
there is no significant change in the overall carbon footprint. This result can be used by
policy makers to check the penetration of west influenced developmental approaches
in India, while planners can acknowledge these findings and explore other methods to
reduce travel distance related carbon emissions.
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