Carbon emission of global construction sector

L Huang, G Krigsvoll, F Johansen, Y Liu… - … and sustainable energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The construction sector delivers the infrastructure and buildings to the society by
consumption large amount of unrenewable energy. Consequently, this consumption causes …

Embodied energy of buildings: A review of data, methods, challenges, and research trends

R Azari, N Abbasabadi - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
With the world's uncertain energy outlook, buildings should be designed and constructed to
use lesser fossil fuel-based energy and have lower environmental impacts. In the past …

The triple layered business model canvas: A tool to design more sustainable business models

A Joyce, RL Paquin - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triple Layered Business Model Canvas is a tool for exploring sustainability-
oriented business model innovation. It extends the original business model canvas by …

Environmental impacts of the US health care system and effects on public health

MJ Eckelman, J Sherman - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The US health care sector is highly interconnected with industrial activities that emit much of
the nation's pollution to air, water, and soils. We estimate emissions directly and indirectly …

Life cycle environmental emissions and health damages from the Canadian healthcare system: an economic-environmental-epidemiological analysis

MJ Eckelman, JD Sherman, AJ MacNeill - PLoS medicine, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Human health is dependent upon environmental health. Air pollution is a
leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, and climate change has been identified as …

Mechanical properties, durability, and life-cycle assessment of self-consolidating concrete mixtures made with blended portland cements containing fly ash and …

K Celik, C Meral, AP Gursel, PK Mehta… - Cement and Concrete …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reports the composition and properties of highly flowable self-consolidating
concrete (SCC) mixtures made of high proportions of cement replacement materials such as …

Life cycle assessment: past, present, and future

JB Guinée, R Heijungs, G Huppes, A Zamagni… - 2011 - ACS Publications
Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades.
Whereas LCA developed from merely energy analysis to a comprehensive environmental …

Systems thinking for life cycle sustainability assessment: A review of recent developments, applications, and future perspectives

NC Onat, M Kucukvar, A Halog, S Cloutier - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Tracking the environmental impacts of production, use, and disposal of products (eg, goods,
and services) have been an important issue in the global economy. Although Life Cycle …

Spatial distribution of US household carbon footprints reveals suburbanization undermines greenhouse gas benefits of urban population density

C Jones, DM Kammen - Environmental science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Which municipalities and locations within the United States contribute the most to household
greenhouse gas emissions, and what is the effect of population density and suburbanization …

Conventional, hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles? State-based comparative carbon and energy footprint analysis in the United States

NC Onat, M Kucukvar, O Tatari - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and hybrid electric
vehicles (HEVs) are often considered as better options in terms of greenhouse gas …