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 …

Biofuels, biodiesel and biohydrogen production using bioprocesses. A review

RK Srivastava, NP Shetti, KR Reddy… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Energy demands, pollution and global warming induced by globalization are rising, thus
calling for alternative sources of energies. In particular, biofuels are increasingly used for …

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 …

Carbon value engineering: A framework for integrating embodied carbon and cost reduction strategies in building design

M Robati, P Oldfield, AA Nezhad, DG Carmichael… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Value Engineering (VE) is a process where building materials, systems or design strategies
are substituted to reduce capital costs without negatively impacting functionality. This …

Wool and coir fiber reinforced gypsum ceiling tiles with enhanced stability and acoustic and thermal resistance

V Guna, C Yadav, BR Maithri, M Ilangovan… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
An attempt has been made to enhance the properties and applications of gypsum ceiling
tiles by utilizing the excellent thermal insulation and flame resistance properties of wool and …

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 …

Life-cycle maintenance strategy of bridges considering reliability, environment, cost and failure probability CO2 emission reduction: A bridge study with climate …

Y Liu, B Pang, Y Wang, C Shi, B Zhang, X Guo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change significantly affects existing infrastructure by enhancing the deterioration of
concrete structures. As the number of repairs and strengthening increases during the service …

Towards comparable environmental product declarations of construction materials: Insights from a probabilistic comparative LCA approach

H AzariJafari, G Guest, R Kirchain, J Gregory… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The comparability of environmental product declarations (EPDs) and the heterogeneity of
their life cycle assessment (LCA) methods are considered the main challenges facing the …

[HTML][HTML] Status of value management studies in construction projects: A systematic review

X Lin, AN Mazlan, S Ismail, L Hu, EHB Kasiman… - Ain Shams Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The focus of this paper is to examine the status of Value Management (VM) studies in
specific construction projects by reviewing 104 relevant articles published from 2001 to …

[HTML][HTML] BIM-VE-based optimization of green building envelope from the perspective of both energy saving and life cycle cost

Z Yuan, J Zhou, Y Qiao, Y Zhang, D Liu, H Zhu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the context of the increasingly severe energy crisis and global warming, green buildings
and their energy-saving issues are being paid more attention in the world. Since envelope …