The construction of buildings and built infrastructure assets is a major contributor to global
resource demands, waste production, and greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions …

Demand for new buildings and infrastructure continues to grow and will only increase in
coming years to cater for forecast growth in global population. This demand will result in …

Current studies and performance labels focus mainly on the operational energy demand of
buildings due to heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, and hot water, but they rarely account …

Extended abstract In the Climate Change Act of 2008 the UK Government pledged to reduce
carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. As one step towards this, regulations are being …

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings constitute a large part of global
emissions, where building materials and associated processes make up a significant …

Growing global concern regarding the rapid rate at which humans are consuming the earth's
precious natural resources is leading to greater emphasis on more effective means of …

Traditionally, the emissions embodied in construction materials have not been considered
important; however, they are becoming crucial due to the short time-frame in which the …

As operational impacts from buildings are reduced, embodied impacts are increasing.
However, the latter are seldom calculated in the UK; when they are, they tend to be …

Whole life cycle emissions of buildings include not only operational carbon due to their use
phase, but also embodied carbon due to the rest of their life cycle: material extraction …

Current European legislation calls for the abatement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
through better building design and technological solutions, in order to reduce operational …