Sustainability of civil structures through the application of smart materials: A review

A Tabrizikahou, M Kuczma, P Nowotarski, M Kwiatek… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Every year, structural flaws or breakdowns cause thousands of people to be harmed and
cost billions of dollars owing to the limitations of design methods and materials to withstand …

A state of review on instigating resources and technological sustainable approaches in green construction

DS Vijayan, P Devarajan, A Sivasuriyan, A Stefańska… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Green building is a way to reduce the impact of the building stock on the environment,
society, and economy. Despite the significance of a systematic review for the upcoming …

BIM-based approach for the integrated assessment of life cycle carbon emission intensity and life cycle costs

Y Zhang, X Jiang, C Cui, M Skitmore - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry is well known for generating a large amount of carbon emissions
and this, together with huge costs of buildings during their life cycle, seriously affects its …

The impact assessment of climate change on building energy consumption in Poland

H Bazazzadeh, P Pilechiha, A Nadolny… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
A substantial share of the building sector in global energy demand has attracted scholars to
focus on the energy efficiency of the building sector. The building's energy consumption has …

Energy Efficiency and Building's Envelope: An Integrated Approach to High-Performance Architecture

P Mansourimajoumerd, H Bazazzadeh… - Urban and Transit …, 2023 - Springer
One of the significant categories that profoundly influence global warming is the building
industry. Many measures have been considered to reduce the building industry's impacts on …

System dynamics-life cycle assessment causal loop model for evaluating the carbon emissions of building refurbishment construction and demolition waste

W Ma, JL Hao, C Zhang, F Guo, L Di Sarno - Waste and Biomass …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Building refurbishment (BR) is promoted as a green alternative to demolition and
new build for urban renewal. The construction and demolition (C&D) waste of BR is …

Application of shape memory alloys in retrofitting of masonry and heritage structures based on their vulnerability revealed in the Bam 2003 earthquake

A Tabrizikahou, M Hadzima-Nyarko, M Kuczma… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
For decades, one of the most critical considerations of civil engineers has been the
construction of structures that can sufficiently resist earthquakes. However, in many parts of …

Carbon neutrality: A review

B He, X Yuan, S Qian, B Li - … of Computing and …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The introduction of the idea of “carbon neutrality” gives the development of low carbon and
decarbonization a defined path. Climate change is a significant worldwide concern. To offer …

A review of information technology application in reducing carbon emission: From buildings to tunnels

S Dou, H Zhu, S Wu, Y Shen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increasing focus on the carbon neutrality, the low-carbon building (LCB) has been
adopted as a strategic objective, with more and more information technologies (ITs) applied …

Factors influencing contractors' low-carbon construction behaviors in China: A LDA-DEMATEL-ISM approach

Z Wang, W Wang, D Li, Y Wang, L Yu, S Zhou… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Contractors' low-carbon construction behaviors (CLCB) are pivotal in advancing
decarbonization during the construction phase. However, there exists a notable gap in the …