Despite the increasing significance of embodied impacts of buildings, efforts to reduce their
environmental footprints have been concentrated on the operational impacts of buildings …

Energy use in the building sector is considered among major contributors of greenhouse
gas emissions and related environmental impacts. While striving to reduce the energy …

As the operational energy use in new constructions is moving towards nearly zero energy
buildings, the embodied energy of buildings is gaining more importance. This work …

With the world's uncertain energy outlook, buildings should be designed and constructed to
use lesser fossil fuel-based energy and have lower environmental impacts. In the past …

Extensive focus on operational energy research has positively impacted both academia and
policymakers, facilitating new strategies that reduce the energy consumed by building …

Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and
policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a …

When sustainability is the driving force in the creation of a building, specifiers and architects
need additional knowledge to assist them in making decisions about the choice of building …

Although operational energy is currently the focal point of sustainability in building
regulations, embodied energy and carbon dioxide emissions will become more significant …

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 …

Buildings consume a vast amount of energy during the life cycle stages of construction, use
and demolition. Total life cycle energy use in a building consists of two components …