Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is globally recognized as one of the most complete
methods for environmental assessment of buildings. Literature assumes that its applications …

The building sector is one of the key consumers of energy worldwide. Thus, the retrofitting of
existing buildings provides excellent opportunities for reducing energy consumption and …

Tools for economic sustainability analyses are crucial for residential sector which is
associated with high energy use. Along with the development of such tools, their effective …

Globally, the building sector is responsible for more than 40% of energy use and it
contributes approximately 30% of the global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This high …

Achieving sustainable buildings is a challenging task. Building sustainability involves “green
building” design and construction, taking account of both environmental elements and …

The aim of this paper is to assess university dormitories in terms of life cycle environmental
impact and cost, as part of the university campuses sustainable development in southeast …

This paper presents an eco-efficiency analysis of the entire life cycle of 10 alternative
solutions that can be used for interior partition walls that are variants on five building …

UK has been facing housing crisis due to the rising price of the property on sale. This paper
will look into the viability of 3D printing technology as an alternative way for house …

Climate change has become one of the most significant environmental issues, of which
about 40% come from the building sector. In particular, complex building projects with …

Assuming full exhaustion of their estimated service life—also referred to as estimated
technical working life—the low annual utilisation of agricultural machines in Switzerland …