… These elements make up the ‘embodied carbon’ of the building. This paper reviews the
existing … and software tools for the estimation of embodied energy and carbon of buildings. …

… in the total lifecycle energy use of buildings. By … embodied energy quantities for existing
buildings, this paper investigates the concept itself of embodied energy in existing buildings as …

… of literature on embodied energy use in buildings in several … for embodied energy and
presents the embodied energy … of existing building stock in order to improve embodied energy …

… , but it may take many years of energy savings to compensate the loss of embodied energy
… that embodied energy in existing buildings is a significant part of a building's life cycle energy …

… The embodied energy used in a building's construction is called initial embodied energy (IEE),
whereas the energy embodied in … the process of life cycle embodied energy calculation. …

… building types. For demonstrating the variation in reported embodied energy values due to
the embodied energy … residential building sector, which is the largest consumer of energy [34]. …

… building regulations neglect embodied energy. Therefore, it is essential to assess whether
the additional embodied energy (… when compared to an existing building, considering current …

… and nearly zero energy buildings, with a share of 26%–57% … buildings, the share of
embodied energy varies within a range between 11% and 33% that reaches the embodied energy …

… Subsequently, policies addressing this next frontier of energy and emissions … existing
policy mechanisms targeting embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions in the building …

… and compare it to similar buildings worldwide. This case study was intended to act as a … of
embodied energy of a building, acting as an initial benchmark to introduce embodied energy …