Social life cycle assessments: a review on past development, advances and methodological challenges

L Pollok, S Spierling, HJ Endres, U Grote - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Society's interest in social impacts of products, services and organizational behaviors is
rapidly growing. While life cycle assessments to evaluate environmental stressors have …

Life cycle sustainability assessment for multi-criteria decision making in bridge design: A review

IJ Navarro, V Penadés-Plà, D Martínez-Muñoz… - 2020 - books.google.com
Sustainable design of infrastructures has become a major matter of study since the recent
establishment of the Agenda 2030. This paper provides a systematic literature review on the …

Greener, cheaper, or more sustainable: Reviewing sustainability assessments of maintenance strategies of concrete structures

C Scope, M Vogel, E Guenther - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021 - Elsevier
Concrete is the most widely used material in construction and infrastructure, and is often
reinforced by steel to improve tensile strength. Despite its enduring popularity, the material's …

Social life cycle assessment in the construction industry: systematic literature review and identification of relevant social indicators for carbon reinforced concrete

JG Backes, M Traverso - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024 - Springer
This article deals with the application of social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) in the
construction sector and explicitly focuses on carbon reinforced concrete (CRC). The …

[HTML][HTML] Recycled versus non-recycled insulation alternatives: LCA analysis for different climatic conditions in Spain

N Ata-Ali, V Penadés-Plà, D Martínez-Muñoz… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction sector represents more than 40% of energy consumption in the European
Union, as well as one of the biggest causes of environmental impact. Therefore, this sector …

Neutrosophic multi-criteria evaluation of sustainable alternatives for the structure of single-family homes

AJ Sánchez-Garrido, IJ Navarro, V Yepes - … Impact Assessment Review, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a methodology for the assessment of the sustainability among three
different structural design alternatives for a single-family home. The response associated …

Sustainability, sociocultural challenges, and new power of capitalism for renewable energy megaprojects in an indigenous Mayan Community of Mexico

A El Mekaoui, R Tariq, OB Ramírez… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sustainable development is an integrated blend of energetic, economic, social,
environmental, and governmental actors, making it one of the most challenging and …

Life cycle assessment of a coastal concrete bridge aided by non-destructive damage detection methods

M Hadizadeh-Bazaz, IJ Navarro, V Yepes - Journal of Marine Science …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently, using economic damage identification techniques to ensure the safety of bridges
has become essential. But investigating the performance of those techniques for various …

Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) for design of climate-resilient bridges–a comprehensive review and a case study

F Jalaei, J Zhang, N Mcneil-Ayuk… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
The life cycle assessment (LCA) study of a bridge and bridge network would provide the
environmental profile and hotspot information including the GHG emission of different life …

Social impact assessment comparison of composite and concrete bridge alternatives

D Martínez-Muñoz, JV Martí, V Yepes - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The definition of sustainability includes three fundamental pillars: economic, environmental,
and social. Studies of the economic impact on civil engineering infrastructures have been …