The increasing demand of housing in the Global South requires effective solutions to cover
the corresponding deficit in the next decades. In Latin America, Brazil is the most populated …

Buildings are major contributors of carbon emissions and related global warming. Emissions
occur along all building stages, from a whole-life perspective, including material production …

To make use of the great opportunities for emission reduction in early building design, future
emissions need to be calculated when only geometric, but no detailed material information …

The urgent need to address the construction sector's significant contribution to global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions underscores the importance of developing more …

Despite the fact that many novel initiatives have been put forward to reduce the carbon
emissions of buildings, there is still a lack of comprehensive investigation in analyzing a …

The decarbonization of the built environment, both in new construction and renovation, is
crucial to mitigate its relevant impact on climate change and achieve the Paris Agreement …

Purpose The introduction of shipping containers in the trading system has increased world
economic growth exponentially. The main drawback of this linear economy consists in the …

Plants and soil are natural regulators of atmospheric CO 2. Whereas plants sequester
atmospheric carbon, soils deposit it for decades. As cities become increasingly more …

This paper evaluated lignocellulosic biomass volume, in net and gross forms, consumed by
Brazilian wood-based housing producers by building technique, as well as net volumes of …

This study investigates the effect of three different multimodal transport combinations for
cross laminated timber (CLT) supply on global warming potential and freight costs from …