A rapidly increasing use of building materials poses threats to resources and the
environment. Using novel, localized life cycle inventories and building material intensity …

On the way towards a more biobased economy, the sustainable use of global wood
resources remains a challenge as several trade-offs arise, eg, from an increased energetic …

The construction sector contributes significantly to the production of greenhouse gases and
thus to climate change. This study aims to quantify the environmental performance of …

The construction industry plays a significant role in contributing to various environmental
impacts, including climate change, acidification, and ecotoxicity, among others. This …

The amount of materials and energy resources is limited over the world. These issues lead
to increasing interest in environmental impacts of buildings using various building materials …

This article analyzes in detail the impact of wooden houses on the environment using the life
cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and at the same time evaluates the indoor …

2. Materials and Methods Backgrounds of information for this article are our research results
presented in work (Ondova et al., 2012a). Research of utilization of fly ash (FA) as a partial …

Rapid industrialization results in increased use of natural resources bring along serious
ecological and environmental imbalance due to the dum** of industrial wastes. Principles …

Road constructions play a significant role in greenhouse gas (GHG) release into the
atmosphere due to a large amount of materials consumption. To reduce emission has an …

This study performs a life cycle assessment (LCA) of five new family houses in Eastern
Slovakia to compare them in terms of the materials and technologies used. The main goal of …