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BH.oM.LifeCycleAssessment.MaterialFragments.ClimateChangeBiogenicMetric

Climate Change - Biogenic, measured in kg CO2 eq (Carbon Dioxide equivalent, also referred to as embodied carbon), refers to bio-based compounds that contribute to global warming. This environmental indicator forms part of an Environmental Product Declaration and should be evaluated based on the Quantity Type stated on the Environmental Product Declaration.

Class structure

Implemented interfaces and base types

The ClimateChangeBiogenicMetric is inheriting from the following base type(s) and implements the following interfaces:

Properties

Defining properties

The following properties are defined on the class

Name Type Description Quantity
A1 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Raw Material Supply module in the Product stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
A2 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Transport module in the Product stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
A3 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Manufacturing module in the Product stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
A1toA3 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the full Product stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
A4 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Transport module in the Construction Process stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
A5 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Construction Installation Process module in the Construction Process stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B1 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Use module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B2 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Maintenance module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B3 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Repair module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B4 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Replacement module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B5 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Refurbishment module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B6 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Operational Energy Use module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B7 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Operational Water Use module in the Use stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
B1toB7 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the full Use Stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
C1 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the De-construction Demolition module in the End of Life stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
C2 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Transport module in the End of Life stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
C3 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Waste Processing module in the End of Life stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
C4 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the Disposal module in the End of Life stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
C1toC4 double Climate change - biogenic relating to the full End of Life stage. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]
D double Climate change - biogenic relating to benefits and loads beyond the system boundary. ClimateChangePerQuantity [kg CO2 eq per unit]

Inherited properties

The following properties are inherited from the base class of the object

Name Type Description Quantity
MetricType EnvironmentalMetrics Enum indicating the metric type the object relates to. -
BHoM_Guid Guid - -
Name string - -
Fragments FragmentSet - -
Tags HashSet<string> - -
CustomData Dictionary<string, object> - -

Derived properties

The following properties are defined as extension methods in one of the BHoM_Engines

Name Type Description Quantity Engine
ATotal double Gets the total sum of values from all A-phases (A1-A5) with a set value (all values not NaN). - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
BTotal double Gets the total sum of values from all B-phases (B1-B7) with a set value (all values not NaN). - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
CTotal double Gets the total sum of values from all C-phases (C1-C4) with a set value (all values not NaN). - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
IPhaseDataValues List<double> Gets the values corresponding to the values of all phases as a list of doubles. - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
Total double Gets the total sum of values from all phases with a set value (all values not NaN). - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine

Code and Schema

C# implementation

C#
public class ClimateChangeBiogenicMetric : BH.oM.LifeCycleAssessment.MaterialFragments.EnvironmentalMetric,
BH.oM.Base.BHoMObject,
BH.oM.Base.IBHoMObject,
BH.oM.Base.IObject,
BH.oM.LifeCycleAssessment.ILifeCycleAssessmentPhaseData,
BH.oM.Base.IImmutable

Assembly: LifeCycleAssessment_oM.dll

The C# class definition is available on github:

All history and changes of the class can be found by inspection the history.

JSON Schema implementation

The object is defined as a JSON schema. You can validate a JSON instance against this schema by reference. To do this, use the schema reference below in a validator like this one.

JSON Schema
{
 "$ref" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BHoM/BHoM_JSONSchema/develop/LifeCycleAssessment_oM/MaterialFragments/ClimateChangeBiogenicMetric.json"
}

The JSON Schema is available on github here: