Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders' awareness, major challenges, and enablers

BC Guerra, F Leite - Resources, conservation and recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing environmental concerns and resource scarcity risks have drawn attention to a
Circular Economic (CE) model during the last decade. Nevertheless, literature related to the …

Computational design and manufacturing of sustainable materials through first-principles and materiomics

SC Shen, E Khare, NA Lee, MK Saad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Engineered materials are ubiquitous throughout society and are critical to the development
of modern technology, yet many current material systems are inexorably tied to widespread …

BIM-supported automatic energy performance analysis for green building design using explainable machine learning and multi-objective optimization

Y Shen, Y Pan - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Supported by the combination of the advanced BIM technique with intelligent algorithms, this
paper develops a systematic framework using explainable machine learning and multi …

4D-BIM to enhance construction waste reuse and recycle planning: Case studies on concrete and drywall waste streams

BC Guerra, F Leite, KM Faust - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite pressing attention on construction waste management (CWM) issues, low rates of
construction waste (CW) reuse and recycling (R&R) remain a limitation in construction …

Trends and opportunities of BIM-GIS integration in the architecture, engineering and construction industry: A review from a spatio-temporal statistical perspective

Y Song, X Wang, Y Tan, P Wu, M Sutrisna… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The integration of building information modelling (BIM) and geographic information system
(GIS) in construction management is a new and fast develo** trend in recent years, from …

Sustainable criterion selection framework for green building materials–An optimisation based study of fly-ash Geopolymer concrete

M Sandanayake, C Gunasekara, D Law… - Sustainable Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Green materials are considered as one of the prominent elements in designing an
environmentally sustainable construction project. Studies have highlighted cement …

A schematic framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) and green building rating system (GBRS)

T Sartori, R Drogemuller, S Omrani, F Lamari - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) tools link the environmental context of a
building to the design decision-making framework. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Green …

A systematic review of green construction research using scientometrics methods

W Luo, M Sandanayake, L Hou, Y Tan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Construction activities can cause significant negative impacts on the environment, primarily
due to the massive use of vehicles and construction machinery. Researchers have …

Current sustainable trends of using waste materials in concrete—a decade review

M Sandanayake, Y Bouras, R Haigh, Z Vrcelj - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Concrete is the most used construction material in the world. Consequently, the mass
extraction of virgin materials required for concrete production causes major environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Design strategy for recycled aggregate concrete: a review of status and future perspectives

N Makul, R Fediuk, M Amran, AM Zeyad, S Klyuev… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Currently, a number of disadvantages hampers the use of recycled concrete aggregates
(RCA). The current review proves that concretes made with complete replacement of natural …