Preliminary research on the evaluating indexes for low-carbon buildings

Proposes using the concepts of “per capita carbon emissions index for building usage” and “the efficiency of carbon mitigation for building usage” for assessing how low-carbon a building is. Points  out that the carbon emission of a building is essentially from its occupants while the building is only a platform of energy consumption by the users. Therefore, in evaluating carbon emissions from buildings the intensity index-per capita carbon emissions index-should be accepted. And the evaluation of carbon emissions from building service system is an input-output analysis process where involving assessment of the efficiency of inputting the embedded carbon emission, indirect and direct carbon emission, and producing the “avoided carbon emissions” for buildings. Calculates the embedded life-cycle carbon emission of PV power in China.