Carbon sequestration and storage in the built environment

JH Arehart, J Hart, F Pomponi, B D'Amico - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing interest in bio-based construction materials has resulted in the emergence of
the concept of “buildings as a carbon sink”. Quantifying and comparing the effects of carbon …

Hot mixing: Mechanistic insights into the durability of ancient Roman concrete

LM Seymour, J Maragh, P Sabatini, M Di Tommaso… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Ancient Roman concretes have survived millennia, but mechanistic insights into their
durability remain an enigma. Here, we use a multiscale correlative elemental and chemical …

[HTML][HTML] How to conduct consistent environmental, economic, and social assessment during the building design process. A BIM-based Life Cycle Sustainability …

B Soust-Verdaguer, IB Galeana, C Llatas… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The built environment is significantly responsible for the current climate crisis, thus
developing more sustainable projects is becoming an urgent objective. One widely …

Integrating environmental and economic perspectives in building design

P Schneider-Marin, A Winkelkotte, W Lang - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
With increasing environmental damage and decreasing resource availability, sustainability
assessment in the building sector is gaining momentum. A literature review shows that the …

[HTML][HTML] Using systematic building decomposition for implementing LCA: The results of a comparative analysis as part of IEA EBC Annex 72

B Soust-Verdaguer, TP Obrecht, N Alaux… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to buildings requires collecting
and organizing large quantities of data over all building life cycles. To overcome specific …

[HTML][HTML] Limitations of machine-interpretability of digital EPDs used for a BIM-based sustainability assessment of construction assets

A Aragón, MG Alberti - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Construction assets are complex systems that require the analysis of a huge amount of data
from materials and processes in order to perform a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) …

A framework for user centric LCA tool development for early planning stages of buildings

A Hollberg, M Tjäder, G Ingelhag… - Frontiers in Built …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As the high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the construction and real estate
sector receive more attention, more and more countries include an environmental …

Comparative study of greenhouse gas emission calculations and the environmental impact in the life cycle assessment of buildings in China, Finland, and the United …

L Shi, X Qi, Z Yang, L Tao, Y Li, J Qiu, X Jiang - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The building sector is considered a leading contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. With the implementation of China's 2030 carbon peak and 2060 carbon-neutral …

The use of environmental product declarations of construction products as a data source to conduct a building life-cycle assessment in Spain

B Soust-Verdaguer, E Palumbo, C Llatas… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) method and the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
each play a crucial role in reducing buildings' embodied environmental impacts. EPDs …

Life Cycle Assessment of an Office Building in Finland Using a Custom Assessment Tool

HE Ilgın, A Saviharju, M Karjalainen, T Hirvilammi - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a crucial instrument in the construction industry, offering a
comprehensive evaluation of the environmental impacts at every stage of a building's …