Embodied GHG emissions of buildings–The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

M Röck, MRM Saade, M Balouktsi, FN Rasmussen… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contributors to the
climate crisis. To meet climate-change mitigation needs, one must go beyond operational …

Climate change influence on building lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions: Case study of a UK mixed-use development

D Williams, L Elghali, R Wheeler, C France - Energy and Buildings, 2012 - Elsevier
As a consequence of most building's design lifespan, changing weather conditions driven by
climate change, are likely to influence energy demands for heating and cooling, thereby …

GHG emission reduction performance of state-of-the-art green buildings: Review of two case studies

T Wang, S Seo, PC Liao, D Fang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Driven by the current green building standards, previous studies focused much more on
energy efficiency (especially the operation phase) than greenhouse gas (GHG) emission …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle analysis of GHG emissions from the building retrofitting: The case of a Norwegian office building

M Rabani, HB Madessa, M Ljungström, L Aamodt… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Through a systematic study, this paper conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) consisting
of evaluation of both embodied and operational emissions of different building retrofitting …

Strategies to improve the energy performance of buildings: A review of their life cycle impact

N Mirabella, M Röck, M Ruschi Mendes SAADE… - Buildings, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Pre-use phase LCA of a multi-story residential building: Can greenhouse gas emissions be used as a more general environmental performance indicator?

J Heinonen, A Säynäjoki, JM Junnonen, A Pöyry… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Both the construction and use of buildings cause significant environmental pressures. The
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions imposed by buildings have been studied rather …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon footprint of low-energy buildings in the United Kingdom: Effects of mitigating technological pathways and decarbonization strategies

M Norouzi, AN Haddad, L Jiménez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a limited comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of adopted carbon mitigation
strategies for buildings over their life cycle, that are concerned with temporal perspectives of …

Life cycle GHG assessment of a building restoration: Case study of a heritage industrial building in Toronto, Canada

T Opher, M Duhamel, ID Posen, DK Panesar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The refurbished Don Valley Brick Works' Kiln Building, in Toronto, Canada, now the
TD Future Cities Centre, is designed to have net zero carbon emissions. This is to be …

Buildings

O Lucon, D Ürge-Vorsatz, AZ Ahmed, H Akbari… - 2014 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
This chapter aims to update the knowledge on the building sector since the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) from …

Embodied GHG emissions of wooden buildings—challenges of biogenic carbon accounting in current LCA methods

CE Andersen, FN Rasmussen, G Habert… - Frontiers in Built …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Buildings play a vital role in reaching the targets stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. Increasing the use of wood in …