Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) of buildings and the building sector: A review

LF Cabeza, L Rincón, V Vilariño, G Pérez… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review summarizes and organizes the literature on life cycle assessment (LCA), life
cycle energy analysis (LCEA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) studies carried out for …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) applied to the manufacturing of common and ecological concrete: A review

DR Vieira, JL Calmon, FZ Coelho - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to evaluate the potential environmental
impact and the resources used throughout the life cycle of a product, ie, environmental …

Sustainability in the construction industry: A review of recent developments based on LCA

O Ortiz, F Castells, G Sonnemann - Construction and building materials, 2009 - Elsevier
This review brings together research on life cycle assessment (LCA) applied within the
building sector. More than ever, the construction industry is concerned with improving the …

A method of uncertainty analysis for whole-life embodied carbon emissions (CO2-e) of building materials of a net-zero energy building in Australia

M Robati, D Daly, G Kokogiannakis - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
The construction of new buildings requires the use of a substantial amount of materials,
which have an associated embodied energy for manufacturing, transport, construction and …

Thermal performance, economic and environmental life cycle analysis of thermosiphon solar water heaters

S Kalogirou - Solar energy, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, the environmental benefits or renewable energy systems are initially presented
followed by a study of the thermal performance, economics and environmental protection …

A bibliometric review: Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the residential sector

Y Geng, W Chen, Z Liu, ASF Chiu, W Han, Z Liu… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Residential sector has been one key sector for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions due
to its significant contribution to global warming. Researchers in different countries have …

Life cycle assessment of the air emissions during building construction process: A case study in Hong Kong

X Zhang, L Shen, L Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
The generation of significant amount of emissions from building construction process has
led the promotion of controlling emissions as an important strategy for implementing …

Challenges in the harmonisation and digitalisation of Environmental Product Declarations for construction products in the European context

VEM Cardoso, L Sanhudo, JD Silvestre… - … International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose In the last decade, efforts have multiplied to develop and refine a framework for
converting human-readable to machine-readable Environmental Product Declarations …

Evaluation of the impacts of end-of-life management strategies for deconstruction of a high-rise concrete framed office building

CK Chau, JM Xu, TM Leung, WY Ng - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, greater attentions have been started to put on the end-of-life (EoL) phase of
buildings. Recycling, reuse and incineration of deconstructed wastes can help relieve the …

Economic analysis and environmental impact of flat plate roof mounted solar energy systems

JJ Michael, I Selvarasan - Solar energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The flat plate solar water heating system and solar photovoltaic (PV) system are two mature
technologies available in the commercial market, which can decrease the residential energy …