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

A comprehensive analysis of the energy demand of a building over its entire life, based on
actual operational energy data and a comprehensive analysis of both initial and recurring …

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 …

Purpose Recently, there has been a shift toward the embodied energy assessment of
buildings. However, the impact of material service life on the life-cycle embodied energy has …

Embodied energy has a significant effect on the total environmental impact of a project.
However, emphasis is often placed primarily on operational energy, resulting in a …

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) about 70% of total energy produced is consumed by
building sector, and this compares with the global average of about 40%. Energy usage in …

A comprehensive analysis of the energy demand of a building over its entire life, based on
actual operational energy data and a comprehensive analysis of both initial and recurring …

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 …

Embodied energy has long been a focus of research, and improved operational energy
demands in modern structures cause the proper analyses of embodied energies to be …

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