Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018)

M Bahramian, K Yetilmezsoy - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
An overview of current status of the available literature on Life Cycle Energy, Life Cycle
Greenhouse gasses, and Conventional Life Cycle Assessment of commercial and …

[HTML][HTML] Review of methods for the combined assessment of seismic resilience and energy efficiency towards sustainable retrofitting of existing European buildings

C Menna, L Felicioni, P Negro, A Lupíšek… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable retrofitting of existing buildings is a prerequisite for achieving climatic and
energy objectives in the EU. Thus, practical tools supporting the evaluation and decision …

Redefining the concept of sustainable renovation of buildings: State of the art and an LCT-based design framework

C Passoni, A Marini, A Belleri, C Menna - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The sustainable renovation of existing buildings is commonly intended as the upgrade of
constructions by implementing green technologies and eco-friendly materials. More recently …

Optimal seismic retrofitting of existing buildings considering environmental impact

N Clemett, WWC Gallo, GJ O'Reilly, G Gabbianelli… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The seismic performance of existing buildings can be improved significantly through the
installation of various retrofit technologies. Decision support systems can be used for the …

Multi-criteria decision-making for seismic resilience and sustainability assessment of diagrid buildings

E Asadi, AM Salman, Y Li - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Resilience and sustainability are both key criteria in risk-informed decision analysis of
structural systems. However, a comprehensive framework which incorporates both in a multi …

[HTML][HTML] Life Cycle Cost and Return on Investment as complementary decision variables for urban flood risk management in develo** countries

R De Risi, F De Paola, J Turpie, T Kroeger - International journal of disaster …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Herein we investigate Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Return on Investment (ROI) as
potential decision variables for evaluating the economic performance (ROI) and financial …

[HTML][HTML] A life cycle framework for the identification of optimal building renovation strategies considering economic and environmental impacts

M Caruso, R Pinho, F Bianchi, F Cavalieri, MT Lemmo - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is well-known that the existing building stock is responsible for non-renewable resource
depletion, energy and material consumption, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Life …

Review of approaches for integrating loss estimation and life cycle assessment to assess impacts of seismic building damage and repair

V Hasik, JPS Chhabra, GP Warn, MM Bilec - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Interest in sustainability and resilience of buildings has led to a growing body of literature on
merging environmental impact assessment methods with seismic loss estimation methods …

A computational framework for selecting the optimal combination of seismic retrofit and insurance coverage

R Gentile, S Pampanin… - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Economic earthquake losses can be mitigated through either building retrofit strategies
and/or, to some extent, risk‐transfer to the (re) insurance market. This paper proposes a …

[HTML][HTML] Earthquake-induced environmental impacts for residential Italian buildings: Consequence models and risk assessment

K Aljawhari, R Gentile, C Galasso - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing interest in built environment sustainability calls for integrating seismic risk into
life cycle analyses of structures in earthquake-prone regions. To fulfil such need, this study …