[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 …

Carbon footprint in Higher Education Institutions: a literature review and prospects for future research

K Valls-Val, MD Bovea - Clean technologies and environmental policy, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Higher Education Institutions (HEI) or universities, as organisations engaged in
education, research and community services, play an important role in promoting …

Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States

P Berrill, EJH Wilson, JL Reyna, AD Fontanini… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Residential GHG emissions in the United States are driven in part by a housing stock where
onsite fossil combustion is common, home sizes are large by international standards, energy …

Characteristics of embodied carbon emissions for high-rise building construction: A statistical study on 403 residential buildings in China

X Zhang, Y Li, H Chen, X Yan, K Liu - Resources, Conservation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-rise residential buildings are prevalent in Chinese cities and have considerable
impacts on the sustainable construction industry. Although individual case studies have …

Life cycle energy analysis of buildings: A systematic review

D Dahiya, B Laishram - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Buildings consume a significant amount of energy and resources during all stages of their
life cycle, causing enormous environmental impacts. Life cycle energy analysis is a holistic …

Energy effectiveness of passive cooling design strategies to reduce the impact of long-term heatwaves on occupants' thermal comfort in Europe: Climate change and …

B Ozarisoy - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Many newly built, energy-efficient terraced houses are characterised by high indoor air
temperatures and thermal comfort issues, because these state-of-the-art houses were …

Challenges and opportunities for integrating BIM and LCA: Methodological choices and framework development

K Safari, H AzariJafari - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The main objectives of this review are to identify the advanced strategies and research gaps
in the integration of BIM-LCA approaches and to propose research opportunities for …

Critical consideration of buildings' environmental impact assessment towards adoption of circular economy: An analytical review

MU Hossain, ST Ng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
A rapid development of building environmental research from the globe is witnessed in
recent years to deal with the environmental issues, especially in terms of energy …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving net-zero carbon emissions in construction supply chains–A multidimensional analysis of residential building systems

I Karlsson, J Rootzén, F Johnsson… - Developments in the Built …, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction sector accounts for approximately 25% of global CO 2 emissions. In this
paper, we provide a multidimensional assessment of the potential for greenhouse gas …

Investigating the effects of concrete mix design on the environmental impacts of reinforced concrete structures

H Mostafaei, B Badarloo, NF Chamasemani… - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study examines the impact of mix design parameters on the environmental effects of
producing concrete and reinforced concrete buildings by conducting a life cycle assessment …