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- 74 -180,000160,000140,000120,000Energy (GJ)100,00080,00060,00040,00020,0000Concrete Steel Timber Timber+-20,000Initial Embodied Energy Maintenance Transport Operation End-<strong>of</strong>-Life Energy RetainedFigure 6.14: Percentage <strong>of</strong> energy consumed in each stage <strong>of</strong> the life cycle, compared between buildingtypes in the reutilisation scenarioTable 6.10: Total primary energy consumption <strong>of</strong> each stage <strong>of</strong> the life cycle including the total energyrecovered through combustion and avoided energy due to recyclingInitialEnd-<strong>of</strong>lifeEnergy TotalBuildingtypeembodied[GJ]Maintenance[GJ]Transport[GJ]Operation[GJ] [GJ] 89retained[GJ] 10 [GJ]Concrete 13,772 1,722 589 135,863 684 -166 152,464Steel 17,970 2,201 532 138,428 -3,665 -160 155,306Timber 11,597 1,887 408 143,315 159 -4,343 153,022Timber + 7,191 1,518 419 139,388 161 -5,964 142,7138 End-<strong>of</strong>-life in this recycling scenario includes the recycling <strong>of</strong> recoverable concrete to make into moreaggregate (but still utilising significant amounts <strong>of</strong> primary energy) and recoverable steel (a negative valuebecause the energy difference between making recycled steel and virgin steel is enormous and in this case therecycled steel replaces some the production <strong>of</strong> some virgin steel).9 Note that only large amounts <strong>of</strong> recyclable material are accounted for; so, for instance, there is no accounttaken <strong>of</strong> recycling <strong>of</strong> foundation concrete in the Timber building.10 Energy retained refers to the total potential energy that could be produced from combustion <strong>of</strong> materials.

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