Modular construction can dramatically improve efficiency in construction, through factory production of pre-engineered building units and their delivery to the site either as entire buildings or as substantial elements. The required technology and application are developing rapidly, but design is still in its infancy. Good design requires a knowled

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2014

ISBN

9780203870785

Edition

Topic

Technology & Engineering

Subtopic

Civil Engineering

Index

Technology & Engineering

Sustainability 

in

modular 

construction 

251

total 

for

a

concrete 

module 

and

7%

for

a

light 

steel 

module, 

and

so

transport 

is

not

a

negligible 

factor 

in

these 

assessments.

Factors 

that 

are

not

included 

in

this 

assessment 

are

the

wastage 

of

materials 

and

the

construction 

opera-

tions. 

The

embodied 

carbon 

of

the

on-site 

construction 

process 

is

generally 

taken 

as

about 

5%

of

that 

of

the

materials 

used, 

and

this 

may

be

considered 

to

reduce 

to

2

to

3%

in

modular 

construction 

because 

of

its

lower 

use

of

machinery 

and

equipment, 

site 

huts, 

and

daily 

travelling 

to

and

from 

the

site. 

The

energy 

required 

to

lift 

and

install 

the

modules 

is

relatively 

small.

It

may

be

concluded 

from 

this 

study 

that 

the

embod-

ied

carbon 

in

the

structural 

fabric 

of

a

light 

steel 

mod-

ule

is

30%

less 

than 

that 

in

a

concrete 

module, 

when 

expressed 

per

unit 

ﬂoor 

area. 

Both 

methods 

of

con-

struction 

possess 

lower 

embodied 

carbon 

than 

the

equivalent 

in

situ 

construction, 

partly 

because 

of

the

reduced 

wastage 

in

materials. 

A

more 

sophisticated 

analysis 

may

take 

account 

of

the

variable 

elements 

in

the

external 

insulation, 

cladding, 

and

foundations, 

and

their 

wastage 

rates, 

and

also 

the

components 

that 

are

common 

to

both 

forms 

of

construction.

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