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> What’s more, its material saved over 2,400 metric tons of carbon emissions. This is not true, part of that is a carbon sink "That stores an impressive 1,753
by aaron695 6y ago
> What’s more, its material saved over 2,400 metric tons of carbon emissions.
This is not true, part of that is a carbon sink
"That stores an impressive 1,753 metric tons of carbon dioxide and avoids production of 679"
It houses 400 people. The average person uses ~17 tonnes per year. The inhabitants using 6800 tonnes per year.
People who live in units uses far less carbon than people who don't. So we don't want to save on carbon emissions making units, it's not a lot comparatively. We want to maximise on people living in units.
We need to keep the prices down, make it liveable and make planning permissions easier. This is great for rich students, but we need all options, including tall concrete buildings.