In the context of worldwide efforts towards energy efficiency and circular economy,
embodied energy has been increasing its weight in the total lifecycle energy use of …

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

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 …

Addressing climate change and energy efficiency of buildings challenge governments.
Research studies to improve the efficiency of new buildings are many, but the potential of …

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 …

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

This literature review addresses the Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA) of residential
buildings. As the fluctuation in the choice of functional units, boundaries of the system, life …

Buildings contribute significantly to the environmental challenges we currently face, and
fossil-fuel-based energy continues to be a major area of concern. The present work provides …

Buildings' refurbishment is becoming a major trend in civil construction in Europe. At the
same time European environmental and cultural commitments are being transposed to …

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 …