A bstract The building and construction sectors contribute around 38% of global energy-
related carbon emissions. LCA plays an important role in environmental assessments of …

Today, life cycle assessment (LCA) is the most widely used approach to model and calculate
the environmental impacts of products and processes. The results of LCAs are often said to …

As the share of renewable energy resources rapidly increases in the electricity mix, the
recognition, representation, quantification, and eventually interpretation of their uncertainties …

The building industry has been developing measures for reducing operational emissions in
the fight against climate change. Some of these well-intentioned measures may result in …

Abstract Previous Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) studies on
urban drainage systems only included construction materials in the system inventories. The …

The building sector is a voracious consumer of primary materials. However, the study of
building material use and associated impacts is challenged by the paucity of publicly …

Abstract The refurbished Don Valley Brick Works' Kiln Building, in Toronto, Canada, now the
TD Future Cities Centre, is designed to have net zero carbon emissions. This is to be …

Re‐use and recycling in the construction sector is essential to keep resource use in check.
Data availability about the material contents of buildings is significant challenge for planning …

The need to reduce resource use in the built environment is widely recognized, but
quantitative understanding of material use in buildings is limited, especially at …

This study examines variability in material use in single-family dwellings within and between
three different locations (Toronto, Perth, and Luzon). It investigates how the use of different …