[HTML][HTML] Comparative review of international approaches to net-zero buildings: Knowledge-sharing initiative to develop design strategies for greenhouse gas …

D Satola, AH Wiberg, M Singh, S Babu, B James… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of net-zero, climate-neutral buildings is attracting global attention, and it is
widely recognised as a key solution for achieving climate neutrality targets in the …

Sustainability of building materials: Embodied energy and embodied carbon of masonry

F Asdrubali, G Grazieschi, M Roncone, F Thiebat… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing attention to sustainability and life cycle issues by European and international
policies has recently encouraged the adoption, in the construction sector, of environmental …

Hot mixing: Mechanistic insights into the durability of ancient Roman concrete

LM Seymour, J Maragh, P Sabatini, M Di Tommaso… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Ancient Roman concretes have survived millennia, but mechanistic insights into their
durability remain an enigma. Here, we use a multiscale correlative elemental and chemical …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Whole life cycle environmental impact assessment of buildings: Developing software tool and database support for the EU framework Level (s)

C De Wolf, M Cordella, N Dodd, B Byers… - Resources, Conservation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Commission has published a framework on the environmental
sustainability of buildings, called Level (s), a set of indicators addressing the resource …

Life cycle assessment of a Danish office building designed for disassembly

LCM Eberhardt, H Birgisdóttir… - Building Research & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The building industry is responsible for a large proportion of anthropogenic environmental
impacts. Circular economy (CE) is a restorative and regenerative industrial economic …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving net-zero carbon emissions in construction supply chains–A multidimensional analysis of residential building systems

I Karlsson, J Rootzén, F Johnsson… - Developments in the Built …, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction sector accounts for approximately 25% of global CO 2 emissions. In this
paper, we provide a multidimensional assessment of the potential for greenhouse gas …

Embodied energy in existing buildings as a tool for sustainable intervention on urban heritage

E Guidetti, M Ferrara - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of worldwide efforts towards energy efficiency and circular economy,
embodied energy has been increasing its weight in the total lifecycle energy use of …

Widening understanding of low embodied impact buildings: Results and recommendations from 80 multi-national quantitative and qualitative case studies

AM Moncaster, FN Rasmussen, T Malmqvist… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper publishes the results from a major five year International Energy Agency
research project which investigated the reduction of embodied energy and greenhouse gas …

Modelling ambitious climate mitigation pathways for Australia's built environment

C Allen, P Oldfield, SH Teh, T Wiedmann… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Achieving net zero operational and embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the built
environment is recognised in Australia and globally as a key strategy to address climate …