Embodied energy definition

Embodied energy means the total amount of fossil fuel energy consumed to extract raw materials and to manufacture, assemble, transport, and install the materials in a building and the life-cycle cost benefits including the recyclability and energy efficiencies with respect to building materials, taking into account the total sum of current values for the costs of investment, capital, installation, operating, maintenance, and replacement as estimated for the lifetime of the product or project.
Embodied energy means the total amount of fossil fuel
Embodied energy means the total amount of fossil fuel energy consumed to extract raw materials and to manufacture, assemble, transport, and install the materials in a building and the life-cycle cost benefits including the recyclability and energy

Examples of Embodied energy in a sentence

  • Nature 387: 253-260 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ (1984) Embodied energy and economic value in the United States economy: 1963, 1967, 1972.

  • Energ Convers Manage 43(9-12): 1417-1424 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ (1980) Embodied energy and economic valuation.


More Definitions of Embodied energy

Embodied energy. – means the amount of energy expended for production and transportation plus inherent energy at a specific point in the life cycle of a product (Mendler and Odell, 2000).
Embodied energy means the energy consumed to construct a building, including that required to create materials for it, transport them to the site, and then assemble them.