Resumen:
This study has been conducted to offer an insight into the prospect of the
building industry decarbonization. The paper aims to analyze the carbon impact of
material production, transportation, and construction phases from the construction site
perspective in the first section. The focus was on modern alternatives that would allow
engineers to include Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies that could meet
the expectations and eventually be a reliable alternative to sustainable economic
development. One of the main reasons for climate change is the increasing
concentrations of Greenhouse Gases (GHG). There are two ways to reduce the GHG
emissions in the atmosphere: first, reducing directly and voluntarily the emissions by
stopping polluting activities, second, by capturing and storing the emissions. Among
the findings, the first proposed solution was decreasing the reliance on fossil carbon;
the second proposed alternative, CCS, is more related to reduce CO2 emissions from
energy and other energy-intensive sectors. The formulas and calculations of the Life
Cycle Assessment (LCA) were applied in a case study. Technical solutions should be
accompanied by legal regulations and policies, socio-cultural considerations. This paper
expects to raise the awareness of the readers of the construction sectors related to their
GHG emissions participation.
