Study of the Interaction Between Climate Change and the Construction Industry

This article examines the pressing issue of the interaction between global climate change and the construction industry. It argues that the construction sector is one of the largest anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases, directly influencing global warming and subsequent climate change. Furthermore, the consequences of climate change directly impact capital construction projects. An analysis of the economic sectors that contribute most to anthropogenic climate change is provided, and the construction sector’s role in global warming is determined. The consequences of climate change in Russia that directly impact the country’s construction stock (including freeze-thaw cycles, rising precipitation level, more frequent extreme temperatures, and permafrost degradation) have been identified and systematized. The study pays particular attention to the construction projects to mitigate the effects of climate change. As a result of the analysis, the authors proposed and substantiated a list of organizational, technological, and technical solutions aimed at minimizing the negative impact of climate change on capital construction projects throughout their life cycle, from the pre-design stage to operation, in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the sustainable development of the Russian Federation’s construction industry.

S.G. SHEINA¹, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
N.P. UMNYAKOVA^2,3, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
I.A CHERNYAVSKY¹, Postgraduate Student (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

¹ Don State Technical University (1, Gagarin Square, Rostov-on-Don, 344003, Russian Federation)
² Scientific-Research Institute of Building Physics of the Russian Academy Architecture and Construction Sciences (21, Lokomotivniy Driveway, Moscow, 127238, Russian Federation)
³ National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation)

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