Investigating the embodied energy and carbon of buildings: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of life cycle assessments

R Minunno, T O'Grady, GM Morrison… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment is a tool to quantify the environmental impact of products and has
been widely studied in the building context. This is an important context given the building …

Life cycle embodied energy analysis of residential buildings: A review of literature to investigate embodied energy parameters

MK Dixit - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Approximately half of the annual global energy supply is consumed in constructing,
operating, and maintaining buildings. Because most of this energy comes from fossil fuels, it …

[HTML][HTML] Resource efficiency in industrialized housing construction–A systematic review of current performance and future opportunities

F Kedir, DM Hall - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Improved resource efficiency in the construction industry is needed to balance sustainability
requirements with growing demand for new infrastructure. Resource efficiency includes the …

Global construction materials database and stock analysis of residential buildings between 1970-2050

S Marinova, S Deetman, E van der Voet… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Huge material stocks are embedded in the residential built environment. These materials
have the potential to be a source of secondary materials, an important consideration for the …

A comparative life cycle assessment of prefabricated and traditional construction–A case of a developing country

J Jayawardana, M Sandanayake, J Jayasinghe… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prefabricated construction has increasingly captivated the attention of the global
construction sector due to factors such as reduced overall construction times and improved …

Reducing building life cycle carbon emissions through prefabrication: Evidence from and gaps in empirical studies

Y Teng, K Li, W Pan, T Ng - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of prefabrication for building has many benefits, including improved construction
process efficiency and reduced waste and environmental effects over a building's life cycle …

Environmental design guidelines for digital fabrication

I Agustí-Juan, G Habert - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Digital fabrication represents an innovative technology with the potential of expanding the
boundaries of architecture. The potential to fabricate elements directly from design …

What make consumer sign up to PHEVs? Predicting Malaysian consumer behavior in adoption of PHEVs

N Adnan, SM Nordin, MH Amini, N Langove - Transportation Research Part …, 2018 - Elsevier
Malaysia is amongst the major energy intense countries and is under an excessive burden
to advance its energy efficiency and to also work towards the reduction of its carbon …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic literature review on modern methods of construction in building: An integrated approach using machine learning

AJ Sánchez-Garrido, IJ Navarro, J García… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The concerns surrounding sustainability, alternative energies, and lifestyle changes due to
the pandemic have resulted in a surge in the manufacturing of buildings utilizing Modern …

Optimising building sustainability assessment using BIM

JP Carvalho, L Bragança, R Mateus - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
The construction industry is responsible for various negative impacts on the environment
leading to an increasing demand for sustainable buildings. There are several Building …