This paper presents a comprehensive review of current trends and opportunities for
sustainable concrete construction, emphasizing the importance of adopting eco-friendly …

Purpose This paper reviews the state-of-the art research in life cycle assessment (LCA)
applied to buildings. It focuses on current research trends, and elaborates on gaps and …

This review paper presents a comprehensive analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
methodologies applied to construction materials. It begins with an introduction highlighting …

Climate change and ecological crisis are a huge threat to Europe and the world. To
overcome these challenges, Europe adopted the New Green Deal as a strategy …

The construction industry accounts for approximately 40% of the global carbon emissions
and is the largest consumer of materials and energy. Given the Paris Agreement target …

Purpose Future scenarios and life cycle assessment (LCA) are powerful tools that can
provide early sustainability assessments of novel products, technologies and systems. The …

The turn of the 21st century heralded in the semiconductor age alongside the Anthropocene
epoch, characterised by the ever-increasing human impact on the environment. The …

In this research, a framework for performing Anticipatory Life Cycle Analysis (a-LCA) has
been developed to identify the sustainable end of life (EoL) management option for …

This article presents a prospective life cycle assessment of the novel building system
incorporating an improved foam glass with high recycled content, considering alternative …

The evolution towards an increasingly more sustainable development and a more circular
economy requires the development of materials based on renewable feedstocks, to replace …