This review summarizes and organizes the literature on life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) studies carried out for …
Constant and rapid increase in construction and demolition (C&D) waste generation and consumption of natural aggregate for concrete production became one of the biggest …
O Ortiz, F Castells, G Sonnemann - Construction and building materials, 2009 - Elsevier
This review brings together research on life cycle assessment (LCA) applied within the building sector. More than ever, the construction industry is concerned with improving the …
X Li, Y Zhu, Z Zhang - Building and Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
A quantitative assessment of the environmental impact of construction activities can help decision-makers identify major environmental impact factors and make environmentally …
Traditional life cycle assessment (LCA) methods are used to conduct building environmental impact assessment (EIA) with little consideration of influential factors that vary in time and of …
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) has been used to assess product development processes “from cradle to grave” for many years. With the current push toward sustainable construction …
GKC Ding - Eco-efficient construction and building materials, 2014 - Elsevier
The construction industry is one of the largest exploiters of both renewable and non- renewable natural resources. It was inevitable that it would find itself at the centre of …
F Liu, H Liu, N Yang, L Wang - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Harmless disposal and reutilization of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash (IFA) attract growing interests due to the gap between increasing IFA generation and limited landfill …
Z Zhang, X Wu, X Yang, Y Zhu - Building and environment, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper presents a building environmental performance analysis system—BEPAS, which was developed based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) framework. In BEPAS …