The renovation of the building stock in Europe: an essential opportunity to store carbon in buildings

The renovation of the building stock in Europe: an essential opportunity to store carbon in buildings

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In the next decades, a large share of 5 Piece Outdoor Sectional with Tables residential buildings in EU-28 is expected to be renovated and a large amount of insulation materials will be produced.Bio-based materials are a valuable alternative to insulate the buildings and the biogenic carbon can be stored in the built environment for a relative long time.This article investigates the effect of massively storing carbon in construction when different bio-based materials are used.The results show that only bio-based material with vent right a very fast regrowth, e.

g.straw, have an effective potential in removing carbon from the air in a very short-time, and can contribute to achieve the Paris Agreement goals by 2050.