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 …

Building energy performance benchmarking increases awareness and enables
stakeholders to make better informed decisions for designing, operating, and renovating …

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 …

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 …

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

Reducing heat demand of buildings, due to legal and technological advances in the EU,
shifts the ratio of operational vs. embodied energy towards an increasing share of the latter …

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 …

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 …

Around 40% of global energy consumption can be attributed to the construction sector.
Consequently, the development of the construction industry towards more sustainable …