Timber Structures Designed for Disassembly: a Cornerstone for Sustainability in 21st Century Construction

MN David, RS Miguel, PZ Ignacio - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The need to reduce the construction industry's waste and greenhouse gas emissions has
led the sector to advance towards the circular economy by adopting the Design for …

Advancing Modular Construction through Circular Economy: Insights from Semi-Automated PRISMA Analysis and Topic Modeling

DH Ly, QH Le, TDHN Nguyen, Y Ahn, K Kim… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of circular economy (CE) principles with modular construction (MC) provides
an effective solution for extending building life cycles and managing resources within a …

Embodied life cycle impacts of lightweight building methods for affordable houses in the USA: Comparison of conventional, circular, and regenerative strategies

RN Passarelli, BJ Mouton - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition to more circular practices in the construction sector offers an alternative to
linear processes that are highly polluting and wasteful. Recent life cycle assessment (LCA) …

Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint of Wooden Glamping Structures by Life Cycle Assessment

TT Sebestyén - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite the increasing popularity of glamping structures, empirical studies often overlook the
carbon impact of wood in these constructions, creating a significant research gap …

[HTML][HTML] Developing an industrial engineering capabilities framework for the adoption of engineered wood products in the south african construction industry

FS Hassan, S Grobbelaar - South African Journal of Industrial …, 2024 - scielo.org.za
The construction industry is embracing sustainable practices to combat environmental
degradation and climate change, and engineered wood products (EWPs) offer promise as …

End-of-Life Scenarios for Mass Timber: Assumptions, Limitations and Potentials—A Literature Review

L Lin, D Trabucco, G Perrucci - Applied Sciences, 2025 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a literature review exploring the end-of-life (EoL) scenarios for mass
timber, focusing on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Product Declarations …

Mitigating uncertainty in deconstruction and reuse of mass timber products in buildings

N Ahn - 2024 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
The contemporary construction industry heavily relies on non-renewable materials and
energy-intensive production processes. As society moves towards a low-carbon economy …