The ecodesign methodologies in the design stage enable buildings to be adapted to the
needs of users and deconstructed at the end-of-life. Although ecodesign methods …

Adaptive reuse of buildings plays a key role in the transition from a resource-based
economy and towards a Circular Economy (CE) in the construction industry. Adaptive reuse …

Artificial intelligence and its subfields, such as machine learning, robotics, optimisation,
knowledge-based systems, reality capture and extended reality, have brought remarkable …

Adaptive reuse is a way of maximizing the residual utility of existing assets. Adaptive reuse
makes it possible to retrieve components from an obsolete building through deconstruction …

Existing buildings are characterized by the continuous change in the functional
requirements of their end-users. As such, they are subjected to renovation or reconstruction …

Question: The static nature of existing building assets is not serving the continuous change
in the functional requirements of their end-users. Therefore, buildings undergo renovation or …

Deconstruction is the eco-friendly alternative to demolition. It can help reduce the waste
stream from urban regeneration projects (URPs) to landfills. The literature, however, does …

The triple bottom line (TBL) principle encompasses the idea of continued economic and
social well-being with minimal or reduced environmental pressure. However, in construction …

Ports are an important driving force for world economic growth, but they consume
considerable energy. The marine sector has proposed the development of green ports to …

Purpose At the end of a building's lifecycle, there are several limitations to the decision-
making process (DMP). There is a lack of data available from the building's history, the …