Abstract
Building-integrated carbon capturing (BICC) represents a new approach to existing carbon capture technology called Moisture Swing Air Capture Technology, by attempting to integrate this carbon-capturing technology onto building facades. This approach treats building facades as giant artificial leaves that absorb carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into useful carbon-based materials without negatively impacting the environment. In this paper, we will explore how this technology can be modified to be installed on a building's facade in the form of fabric shading devices that absorb carbon dioxide. A cleaning chamber moves along tracks (similar to a window-cleaning system) to moisten the fabric shades and dissolve the bicarbonate on the fibers. This process results in a carbonate and CO2 liquid can be compressed and stored for use in a variety of industrial applications. We will use performance data from several non-building devices that have been previously developed and tested to generate the magnitude of the CO2 that can be captured with this type of technology.
Highlights
Achieving stabilization of atmospheric CO2 concentrations at reasonable levels is looking less and less possible, especially given the present U.S administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement [1] as well as their termination of the previous administration’s Clean Power Plan CO2 [2]
Just as distributed renewable strategies have made a significant impact in achieving high levels of renewable penetration in many countries, the authors of this paper believe that a distributed approach can be applied to achieve rapid CO2 reduction
In the United States, commercial and residential buildings account for almost 39% of CO2 emissions [9], and on-road vehicles account for 28% of the total fossil-fuel CO2 emissions [10]
Summary
Achieving stabilization of atmospheric CO2 concentrations at reasonable levels is looking less and less possible, especially given the present U.S administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement [1] as well as their termination of the previous administration’s Clean Power Plan CO2 [2]. To keep global average warming by century’s end to below a 2oC increase (preferable below 1.5oC increase) that is stipulated by the Paris Climate Agreement [3] will take considerable effort To reach this global target a host of aggressive and innovative strategies will need to be marshalled to meet this challenge. Just as distributed renewable strategies have made a significant impact in achieving high levels of renewable penetration in many countries, the authors of this paper believe that a distributed approach can be applied to achieve rapid CO2 reduction. If this is at all possible, the question becomes how do we move from a carbon-mitigating approach to one that includes distributed carbon capturing?. We will showcase carbon capture technologies from ambient air and we will explore in detail how such technologies can be modified to be installed on a building façade in the form of fabric shading devices that could provide dual functions; shading, and carbon capturing and regeneration
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