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Assessment of CO 2 emissions and resource sustainability for housing construction in Malaysia

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  • Yoshinori Fujita
  • Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Ho Chin Siong

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Assessment of a society's environmental load is one of the important tasks when creating a sustainable society. The authors of this paper assessed CO 2 emissions and forest resource sustainability for the housing construction taking place in Malaysia using an Input--Output analysis. Common housing types such as apartments and terraced houses were assessed. The findings showed that the main sources of CO 2 emissions during the construction phase were generated in the building components, such as building structures and foundations. The forest resource sustainability will be sustained under certain conditions, even if timber housing construction is to be promoted. This paper also discusses the methods for both CO 2 reductions and forest resource sustainability. Copyright The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

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  • Yoshinori Fujita & Hiroshi Matsumoto & Ho Chin Siong, 2009. "Assessment of CO 2 emissions and resource sustainability for housing construction in Malaysia," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(1), pages 16-26, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ijlctc:v:4:y:2009:i:1:p:16-26
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