Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018)

M Bahramian, K Yetilmezsoy - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
An overview of current status of the available literature on Life Cycle Energy, Life Cycle
Greenhouse gasses, and Conventional Life Cycle Assessment of commercial and …

[HTML][HTML] Resource efficiency in industrialized housing construction–A systematic review of current performance and future opportunities

F Kedir, DM Hall - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Improved resource efficiency in the construction industry is needed to balance sustainability
requirements with growing demand for new infrastructure. Resource efficiency includes the …

Holistic life-cycle accounting of carbon emissions of prefabricated buildings using LCA and BIM

X Li, W Xie, L Xu, L Li, CY Jim, T Wei - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Prefabricated concrete building (PCB) can save resources, reduce construction, improve
quality, and reduce pollution. Understanding PCB environmental benefits versus traditional …

Prefabricated versus conventional construction: Comparing life-cycle impacts of alternative structural materials

V Tavares, N Soares, N Raposo, P Marques… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prefabrication can have advantages in terms of materials and time efficiency, but the overall
environmental and cost trade‐offs between the two construction methods are unclear and …

A comparative life cycle assessment of prefabricated and traditional construction–A case of a developing country

J Jayawardana, M Sandanayake, J Jayasinghe… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prefabricated construction has increasingly captivated the attention of the global
construction sector due to factors such as reduced overall construction times and improved …

Carbon emission evaluation of prefabricated concrete composite plates during the building materialization stage

X Li, W Xie, T Yang, C Lin, CY Jim - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern prefabricated building technology can save resources, shorten the construction
period, improve quality, and reduce pollution and carbon emissions. This study investigated …

Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions analysis of a prefabricated modular house: The “Moby” case study

V Tavares, N Lacerda, F Freire - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Buildings are big consumers of energy and materials, and important producers of waste and
emissions. Prefabrication presents an opportunity to reduce impacts in the building sector; …

Comparative BIM-based Life Cycle Assessment of Uruguayan timber and concrete-masonry single-family houses in design stage

B Soust-Verdaguer, C Llatas, L Moya - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of wood and engineered wood products is today considered an opportunity for the
mitigation of negative building environmental impacts, such as greenhouse gas emissions …

Impacts of prefabrication in the building construction industry

PF Rocha, NO Ferreira, F Pimenta, NB Pereira - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition Interest in sustainable construction has been increasing due to recent events. The
limitations of natural resources and the scale of global impacts, specifically as a result of the …

Life cycle environmental and cost assessment of prefabricated components manufacture

Z Cheng, T Zhang, X Zhou, Z Li, Y Jia, K Ren… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prefabrication is regarded as a pivot for realizing sustainable building construction.
Nevertheless, the sustainable manufacture level of prefabricated components remains …