[HTML][HTML] A holistic review on the contribution of civil engineers for driving sustainable concrete construction in the built environment

M Khan, C McNally - Developments in the Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Comprehending civil engineer's crucial role in promoting sustainable construction practices
is becoming increasingly essential as the globe faces severe environmental and economic …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of natural vs conventional building assemblies

L Ben-Alon, V Loftness, KA Harries… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural earthen and bio-based building materials are critically needed to dramatically
reduce energy-intensive and extractive construction practices that are the hallmark of the …

Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis

LF Cabeza, L Boquera, M Chàfer, D Vérez - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and
policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a …

BIM in off-site manufacturing for buildings

FH Abanda, JHM Tah, FKT Cheung - Journal of building engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The need to overcome challenges faced by construction industry has been at the core of
many government reports. Most of the reports suggest the adoption of innovations including …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of life cycle carbon emissions and embodied energy between sun-dried bricks and fired clay bricks

M Dabaieh, J Heinonen, D El-Mahdy… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents a comparison of the life cycle carbon emission (LCCO 2) and embodied
energy calculation between two kinds of bricks, sun-dried and fired clay, as means of …

Comparative sustainability assessment of binary blended concretes using Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) and Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC)

KM Rahla, R Mateus, L Bragança - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
The process of manufacturing the Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is linked with potentially
adverse consequences on the environment, as it consumes considerable quantities of …

Life cycle analysis of environmental impacts of earthen materials in the Portuguese context: Rammed earth and compressed earth blocks

J Fernandes, M Peixoto, R Mateus… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the Portuguese context, the life cycle assessment of building materials is still in its infancy.
So far, there is only a small number of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) …

Policy trends for the sustainability assessment of construction materials: A review

A Kylili, PA Fokaides - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2017 - Elsevier
The burden of the European construction and building sector on the natural environment is
apparent from the data, which reveal the energy, materials, and water consumption, and the …

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 …

Cradle to site Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of natural vs conventional building materials: A case study on cob earthen material

L Ben-Alon, V Loftness, KA Harries, G DiPietro… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cob is an earthen building material that offers a minimally processed, low carbon, and
locally available alternative to conventional building materials and methods. This paper …