Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018)

M Bahramian, K Yetilmezsoy - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
An overview of current status of the available literature on Life Cycle Energy, Life Cycle
Greenhouse gasses, and Conventional Life Cycle Assessment of commercial and …

[HTML][HTML] Future directions for the application of zero carbon concrete in civil engineering–A review

M Wasim, A Abadel, BHA Bakar… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emission of CO 2 from the construction and concrete industry poses a serious threat to
human health and drastically impacts the environment. Therefore, there is an urge towards …

Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis

LF Cabeza, L Boquera, M Chàfer, D Vérez - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and
policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a …

Reducing embodied carbon in concrete materials: A state-of-the-art review

S Chen, Y Teng, Y Zhang, CKY Leung… - Resources, Conservation …, 2023 - Elsevier
The construction sector is responsible for about 40% of energy-related emissions worldwide.
Utilizing low-carbon concrete materials (LCCMs) has been recognized as an efficient way to …

[HTML][HTML] Life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of buildings: implications, calculations, and reductions

Z Huang, H Zhou, Z Miao, H Tang, B Lin, W Zhuang - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The life-cycle assessment method, which originates from general products and services, has
gradually come to be applied to investigations of the life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of …

[图书][B] Sustainable value management for construction projects

AE Oke, CO Aigbavboa - 2017 - Springer
Achieving sustainability has been a global concern for people of various countries,
professions and disciplines. In recent years, agencies such as the United Nations (UN) have …

Towards BIM-based sustainable structural design optimization: a systematic review and industry perspective

M Afzal, RYM Li, MF Ayyub, M Shoaib, M Bilal - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Structural design optimization (SDO) plays a pivotal role in enhancing various aspects of
construction projects, including design quality, cost efficiency, safety, and structural …

Environmental impact assessment of building envelope components for low-rise buildings

M Žigart, RK Lukman, M Premrov, VŽ Leskovar - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The selection of building envelope components has a high impact on all the lifecycle phases
of a building, from the environmental and energy perspectives, and plays a significant role in …

Barriers to the use of sustainable materials in Australian building projects

S Gounder, A Hasan, A Shrestha… - Engineering …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Although the adverse effects of construction activities on the environment and the
need for sustainable construction practices are recognised in both research and practice …

Uncertainty analysis of composite laminated plate with data-driven polynomial chaos expansion method under insufficient input data of uncertain parameters

X Peng, D Li, H Wu, Z Liu, J Li, S Jiang, J Tan - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
The uncertainty information related to uncertain structural, material and geometric
parameters is included in the available input uncertainty data, and there are multiple …