Manuscript received December 17, 2024; revised January 14, 2025; accepted February 4, 2025, published February 25, 2025.
Abstract—In the context of energy efficiency management, this paper focuses on unravelling the influencing factors of building carbon emissions in Sichuan Province. To achieve this, this paper measures the carbon emissions from buildings in Sichuan Province from 2010 to 2021 using the emission factor method, identifies the influencing factors of carbon emissions using the IPAT constant equation, and applies grey correlation analysis to calculate the correlation between each influencing factor and carbon emissions. The results show that: (1) the total carbon emissions from buildings in Sichuan Province show a fluctuating growth from 2010 to 2021, in which the carbon emissions decreased significantly in 2015, which is related to the promulgation of relevant policies in 2014. (2) Indirect carbon emissions dominate construction carbon emissions in Sichuan Province. (3) The main factors affecting construction carbon emissions in Sichuan Province, in order of importance, are: urbanisation rate, industry scale, completed area, number of people employed in the construction industry, labour efficiency, GDP per capita, indirect carbon emission intensity, scale effect, technology and equipment rate, gross construction output value, building material consumption intensity, and energy intensity. The results of this paper enrich the research on carbon emissions in Sichuan's construction industry. In the realm of energy-efficiency management, they provide a key basis for selecting indicators to assess the industry's carbon-emissionreduction potential. Additionally, they offer theoretical support for promoting more effective carbon-emission-reduction efforts centered on energy-efficiency improvements in the industry.
Keywords—building carbon emissions, emission factor approach, IPAT (Impact=Population*Affluence x*Technology) constant equation, grey correlation analysis
Cite: Yue Zhang and Hao Tang, "Analysis of Factors Affecting Carbon Emissions from Buildings in Sichuan Province,"
International Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 44-48, 2025.
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