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http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2017.18.1.074

Research on Changes and Characteristics of GHG Emissions by Major Energy-consuming Universities in Korea - Focused on the variation since the implementation of GHG emission regulation by Government -  

Jung, Hyejin (Asian Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Seoul National University)
Kim, In Chol (Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management / v.18, no.1, 2017 , pp. 74-82 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is known that energy usage from Korean Universities was growing rapidly in the early 2000s. But since 2011, the change was caused by GHG emissions regulation enforced by the government. The purpose of this research was to find the characteristics and trends of greenhouse gas emissions from major universities in Korea according to the each university's data and information. The result shows that GHG emissions from University have increased steadily prior to enforcement by 4-5% annually, but the rate of increase marked 0.5~1% in 2011~2013 is the season of emission regulation and the total amount of emissions decreased 3%~5% in 2014~2015 while preparing an emissions trading scheme. Therefore we can say that the enforcement of GHG reduction such as energy target management system makes a visible effect at least in the University sector that level of GHG emissions is from $75kg/m^2$ to $58Kg/m^2$ for seven years. Another result says that the size of research fund is the main factor that affects the amount of GHG emissions before 2011, but the size of building area has been a new factor influencing the GHG emission since 2013. Thus we suggest that the criteria for evaluating the level of GHG emission from University is suitable if it is based on the building area intensity.
Keywords
University Energy Consumption; GHG Emission; GHG Reduction; GHG Regulation;
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