Life cycle assessment (LCA) of building refurbishment: A literature review

A Vilches, A Garcia-Martinez, B Sanchez-Montanes - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
This review organises and summarises the recent contributions related to the environmental
evaluation of building refurbishment and renovation using the lifecycle assessment (LCA) …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) of buildings and the building sector: A review

LF Cabeza, L Rincón, V Vilariño, G Pérez… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Comparative environmental assessment of natural and recycled aggregate concrete

S Marinković, V Radonjanin, M Malešev, I Ignjatović - Waste management, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

Sustainability in the construction industry: A review of recent developments based on LCA

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 …

An LCA-based environmental impact assessment model for construction processes

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 …

Dynamic LCA framework for environmental impact assessment of buildings

S Su, X Li, Y Zhu, B Lin - Energy and buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Review of life-cycle assessment applications in building construction

A Singh, G Berghorn, S Joshi, M Syal - Journal of architectural …, 2011 - ascelibrary.org
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 …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of sustainable building materials: an overview

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 …

Comparative study of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash reutilization in China: environmental and economic performances

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 …

BEPAS—a life cycle building environmental performance assessment model

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 …