Tall timber building is today both possible and desirable due to the advantages that timber
construction offers the industry in terms of productivity gains and sustainable development …

Several research initiatives across the European Union investigated the application of off-
site prefabrication strategies for energy refurbishment of buildings. Although the results …

The aim of this work is to evaluate the environmental impact of different solutions for building
facade retrofitting. Based on Sustainable Construction, this study is carried out by applying …

Wooden prefabricated wall panels (WPWP) are increasingly used in the residential sector
due to their practical and environmental benefits compared to traditional on-site systems …

In recent years, the use of sustainable construction materials has increased significantly. It is
of paramount importance to increase the general knowledge of acoustic behaviour of these …

In this paper, the economic competitiveness for deep retrofit actions between the
industrialised off-site and the traditional on-site approaches are discussed by using a …

The chapter presents a state-of-the-art both for main thermal insulation materials used on
the market and prefabricated insulation panels, which constitutes a deep retrofit solution for …

Buildings play a key role in modern society as most human activities take place indoors, with
direct consequences for both occupant health and energy consumption and related …

Although the LCA is a long iterative process, which means multiple revisions of the quality of
the inventory data and limitations, this study shows that some apparently eco-friendly …