@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00001259,
 author = {CHEN, Po-Han and LI, Yu-Chieh},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {With industrial development, global carbon emission has increased rapidly. Countries around the world
have launched environmental policies related to carbon dioxide reduction. In Taiwan, the government
proposed "Sustainable Energy Policy" in 2008, which clearly revealed the targets and milestones for CO2
reduction. Since Taiwan’s construction industry accounts for nearly 27.22% of total carbon dioxide emission,
it is necessary to improve and reduce carbon emission related to construction. In order to respond to the
governmental policies, project owners will have to consider using low carbon materials for building design.
However, low carbon materials are usually more expensive, and their performances on carbon reduction are
hard to gauge. To meet this need, this study integrates building information modeling (BIM) software
(Autodesk Revit), energy simulation software (eQUEST) and Microsoft Excel to calculate the lifecycle costs
and CO2 emission of construction materials. Based on the carbon taxes implemented in different countries,
this study adopts compromise decision and net present value (NPV) methods to look for materials with low
carbon emission and lifecycle costs. The cases in this study verify the feasibility of the proposed integration
with a 5% margin of error. In the future, with more low carbon materials available, the integrated system will
be more ready for practical use.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {BIM-BASED INTEGRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION AND COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR BUILDINGS IN TAIWAN},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2014}
}