Canada_construction_emissions_inventory Public_Data

Overview:

This data was created using the code stored at the following link:  GitHub. The code applies OpenIO-Canada to Canadian Supply-Use Tables to create EEIO matrices, then performs additional analyses on said matrices to obtain consumption-based accounts of GHG emissions driven by Canadian construction sectors, as well as data on the geographic flows and GDP intensity of embodied emissions in construction.

File descriptions:

• CanCons_workbook.xlsx

A workbook summarizing all the analyses performed to create the figures in the paper "Developing a comprehensive account of embodied emissions within the Canadian construction sector". Contains all the data exported by the jupyter notebook stored at the GitHub link, as well as the additional analysis & formatting steps taken.

• Figure1_data.csv

A direct export of the D matrix, along with totals.

• Figure2+6_data.csv

Results of a contribution analysis of the final demand for construction-based Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) from all Canadian provinces and territories. Results show, for construction demand in each province, all the environmental impacts driven by each construction sub-sector.

• Figure2+6_data_GDP.csv

Accompanies Figure2+6_data.csv, contains data from the Y matrix on the final demand for construction-based GFCF in $. Used for calculating intensities per unit GDP.

• Figure3_data_[construction sector].csv

3 files which contain the results of contribution analyses of 3 individual construction sectors: Roads & Highways, Communications Infrastructure, and Residential Buildings. Results show, for each province, the embodied environmental impacts associated with the inputs into these 3 sectors.

• Figure4_data_Baseline.csv

Results of a standard contribution analysis of Construction GFCF to serve as a baseline for the following files. Similar to 2+6_data.

• Figure4_data_Zero[Region].csv

Each file represents the result of a contribution analysis for Construction GFCF where the S matrix values for the [Region] (representing the environmental impacts caused by supply-chain steps within a region) have been zeroed out. This means that the results in these files represent a world where the [Region]'s contribution to the final impacts of all other regions have been removed. Subtracting these values from the baseline results in values representing each [Region]'s contribution to consumption-based impacts driven by construction every other region. This allows the flows of embodied emissions in construction materials to be mapped.

• Figure5_data.csv

Results taken from Figure2+6_data on the distribution of energy (TJ) and emissions (kgCO2) across regions and construction sectors.