[HTML][HTML] Life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of buildings: implications, calculations, and reductions

Z Huang, H Zhou, Z Miao, H Tang, B Lin, W Zhuang - Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The life-cycle assessment method, which originates from general products and services, has
gradually come to be applied to investigations of the life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of …

Life cycle assessment of mass timber construction: A review

Z Duan, Q Huang, Q Zhang - Building and Environment, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely used to determine the environmental impact of
mass timber construction (MTC) as a substitute for conventional construction. This article …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-laminated timber for building construction: A life-cycle-assessment overview

A Younis, A Dodoo - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The building industry is a large contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a vast
consumer of natural resources. It is estimated that, in the next 40 years, around 415 Gt of CO …

Reducing embodied carbon in structural systems: A review of early-stage design strategies

D Fang, N Brown, C De Wolf, C Mueller - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The embodied carbon emissions of buildings are increasingly important to mitigate. Most of
these emissions come from structural systems. While many strategies have been identified …

Reducing building life cycle carbon emissions through prefabrication: Evidence from and gaps in empirical studies

Y Teng, K Li, W Pan, T Ng - Building and Environment, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The use of prefabrication for building has many benefits, including improved construction
process efficiency and reduced waste and environmental effects over a building's life cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Resource efficiency in industrialized housing construction–A systematic review of current performance and future opportunities

F Kedir, DM Hall - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Improved resource efficiency in the construction industry is needed to balance sustainability
requirements with growing demand for new infrastructure. Resource efficiency includes the …

A review on current advances in the energy and environmental performance of buildings towards a more sustainable built environment

N Soares, J Bastos, LD Pereira, A Soares… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security
highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative life cycle assessment of cross laminated timber building and concrete building with special focus on biogenic carbon

JH Andersen, NL Rasmussen, MW Ryberg - Energy and Buildings, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This study conducted a consequential Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on two similar mid-rise
apartment buildings applying either concrete or cross laminated timber (CLT) as the main …

Cities as carbon sinks—classification of wooden buildings

A Amiri, J Ottelin, J Sorvari… - Environmental Research …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Although buildings produce a third of greenhouse gas emissions, it has been suggested that
they might be one of the most cost-effective climate change mitigation solutions. Among …

Climate change effects of forestry and substitution of carbon-intensive materials and fossil fuels

L Gustavsson, S Haus, M Lundblad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
We estimate the climate effects of directing forest management in Sweden towards
increased carbon storage in forests with more land set-aside for protection, or towards …