Prefabricated buildings recently became more prominent providing significant benefits
including contribution to emission reductions at scale and the manufacturing of building …

The construction and building sectors are currently responsible globally for a significant
share of the total energy consumption and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. The …

The majority of small to medium residential dwellings in New Zealand are constructed using
timber, which makes up over 90% of the market share of structural materials in construction …

Lightweight steel-framed (LSF) construction, given its advantages, has the potential to reach
high standards in energy and environmental performance of buildings, such as nearly zero …

Light steel framed (LSF) construction is becoming widespread as a quick, clean and flexible
construction system. However, these LSF elements need to be well designed and protected …

The amount of heat loss through thermal bridges increases with the improvement of the
thermal insulation performance of the building exterior wall, making thermal bridges …

Thermal bridging is known to affect the thermal performance of lightweight steel-framed
external walls. Various manual calculation methods have been developed to estimate this …

Lightweight steel-framed (LSF) construction has the potential to reach high standards
regarding the functional performance of buildings. Despite the benefits of this construction …

An attributional, process-based, comparative Life Cycle Assessment has been developed to
quantify and compare the environmental performances of a detached house, located in a …

A significant portion of the cooling or heating load of buildings is contributed by relatively
large heat flux through thermal bridges. Water vapour concentration significantly alters …