Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges and prospective framework for sustainable construction

MU Hossain, ST Ng, P Antwi-Afari, B Amor - Renewable and sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The circular economy (CE) concept has received increasing attention among different
parties on various levels recently. Due to the concern on significant resources consumption …

Circular economy in the construction industry: A systematic literature review

GLF Benachio, MCD Freitas, SF Tavares - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Construction Industry is responsible for over 30% of the extraction of natural
resources, as well as 25% of solid waste generated in the world. This happens because the …

Embodied GHG emissions of buildings–The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

M Röck, MRM Saade, M Balouktsi, FN Rasmussen… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contributors to the
climate crisis. To meet climate-change mitigation needs, one must go beyond operational …

Construction and built environment in circular economy: A comprehensive literature review

Ö Çimen - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Circular Economy (CE) considers resources in a continuously cyclical way. Yet literature
lacks a review of Construction and Built Environment (CBE) under CE. By presenting the first …

[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 …

Circular economy practices in the built environment

T Joensuu, H Edelman, A Saari - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this literature review is to provide structured information for the basis of
organizing the future cities through circular economy. The built environment is responsible …

Building design and construction strategies for a circular economy

LCM Eberhardt, M Birkved… - … Engineering and Design …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The considerable environmental impacts, resource consumption and waste generation
emanating from buildings are a cause of great concern and political attention. Interest in the …

Exploring environmental benefits of reuse and recycle practices: A circular economy case study of a modular building

R Minunno, T O'Grady, GM Morrison… - Resources, Conservation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent research indicates that circular economy practices have the potential to provide
significant environmental benefits. In particular, recycling has been associated with …

[HTML][HTML] A circular economy life cycle assessment (CE-LCA) model for building components

A van Stijn, LCM Eberhardt, BW Jansen… - Resources, Conservation …, 2021 - Elsevier
The transition towards a Circular Economy (CE) in the built environment is vital to reduce
resource consumption, emissions and waste generation. To support the development of …

Quantification process of carbon emissions in the construction industry

KE Lai, NA Rahiman, N Othman, KN Ali, YW Lim… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has raised awareness on the need to achieve net-zero carbon emissions
and improve the sustainability of buildings. To reduce the complexity of quantifying carbon …