ID:

3020

Authors:

Abigail Heywood

Year:

2022

Month:

May

Resource Type:

Report

Subject:

Emissions reduction & sequestration
Industry & business solutions

Geographic Coverage:

Location:

Barangaroo, NSW, Australia

Open Access:

Gold

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As part of our Mission Zero commitment, Lendlease has partnered with the University of Queensland (UQ) to understand the pathway to fossil fuel free construction. In this paper the key findings of the University’s research are noted and a pathway to fossil fuel free construction proposed.

Construction contributes around 23% of global carbon emissions. Roughly 5.5% of those emissions are directly related to activities on construction sites, mainly through the combustion of fossil fuels to power machinery and equipment. It is these emissions from fuels used in construction that form the focus of this research. (Emissions from construction sites also include transport of construction machinery and materials, transport of construction workers, energy use at the construction site, internal transport, storage, temporary works, transport of waste, and waste treatment and disposal. These emissions are not considered in this research.)

In 2021, Lendlease partnered with the University of Queensland to investigate the range of low and zero-emission technologies in non-road construction machinery and equipment. We asked UQ’s research team, led by Dr Dia Adhikari Smith and Dr Jake Whitehead, to examine the role each technology could play in the transition to fossil fuel free construction. Planning a Transition to Low and Zero Emission Construction Machinery, UQ’s research report, documents the different types and sources of emissions generated on construction sites, the practices to reduce those emissions and the alternative fuel sources currently available.

The report analyses international case studies, presents lessons learnt from other markets, and assesses international policy options.