CASE STUDIES ON CO₂ EMISSION OF FOUNDATION PILES

Abstract

To investigate the environmental impact from the construction of foundation piles, we estimated CO₂ emissions for several scenarios. We investigated emissions for steel pipe piles, precast concrete piles and cast in place concrete piles. The lower CO₂ emission from piles which were developed in recent years was shown. The relative CO₂ emissions of pile materials, which occupy greater part during foundation pile construction and of the number of floors of buildings were approximated using linear functions. In short, the possibility of estimating of CO₂ emissions using simple formulae was shown.