The present climate emergency demands the construction industry to minimise the carbon
footprint of concrete buildings. In this paper, the potential different optimisation strategies to …

Minimising carbon emissions from the building construction industry is of paramount
importance in the present context due to the rising concerns of climate change. This paper …

The heavy rainfall induced by global warming has increased the risk of landslides. Eco-
friendly approaches, such as employing vegetation, prove effective in satisfying the …

Building designers are increasingly tasked with tracking and reducing the embodied carbon
of structural systems, including concrete floor slabs. Design decisions that affect both the …

The construction industry has been identified as a significant contributor to the global
environmental impacts. While Life Cycle Assessment and many environmental approaches …

Abstract The Paris Agreement and UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
recommend that the building sector should become a zero-carbon contributor by 2050 …

Structural engineers play an essential role in reducing embodied carbon emissions in
buildings, which contribute significantly to global carbon emissions. In this work, 39 …

This editorial explores the contributions of papers collected in the virtual special issue of
Energy Reports dedicated to the to the series of Conferences on Sustainable Development …

Buildings and facilities undergo several stages: the product stage, the construction stage,
the use stage, the end-of-life stage, and the recycling stage. The life cycle of any facility or …

This research study aimed to assess the impact of employing fluid viscous dampers (FVDs)
on the seismic performance of ten-story, moment-resisting reinforced concrete (RC) …