A review of “3D concrete printing”: Materials and process characterization, economic considerations and environmental sustainability

GH Ahmed - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing of cementitious materials or concrete (3DCP) has developed
unbelievably in past 10 years and has the potential to revolutionize the concrete industry …

Biomaterials technology and policies in the building sector: a review

L Chen, Y Zhang, Z Chen, Y Dong, Y Jiang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Traditional building materials have some drawbacks in the construction industry, particularly
in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Biomaterials derived from …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of building refurbishment: A literature review

A Vilches, A Garcia-Martinez, B Sanchez-Montanes - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
This review organises and summarises the recent contributions related to the environmental
evaluation of building refurbishment and renovation using the lifecycle assessment (LCA) …

[PDF][PDF] Biogenic carbon in buildings: a critical overview of LCA methods

E Hoxha, A Passer, MR Mendes Saade… - Buildings & …, 2020 - re.public.polimi.it
The increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has motivated
specialists to develop low-carbon products incorporating bio-based materials. The impact of …

Implementing Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment during design stages in Building Information Modelling: From systematic literature review to a methodological …

C Llatas, B Soust-Verdaguer, A Passer - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction sector is a major producer of greenhouse gas and waste. Several studies
reveal the close relationship between the design phase and the reduction of environmental …

Energy performance optimization of existing buildings: A literature review

N Hashempour, R Taherkhani, M Mahdikhani - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

[HTML][HTML] Resource efficiency in industrialized housing construction–A systematic review of current performance and future opportunities

F Kedir, DM Hall - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Improved resource efficiency in the construction industry is needed to balance sustainability
requirements with growing demand for new infrastructure. Resource efficiency includes the …

Life cycle assessment for carbon emission impact analysis for the renovation of old residential areas

X Luo, M Ren, J Zhao, Z Wang, J Ge, W Gao - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban residential buildings are the prime contributors to carbon emissions, whose reduction
is significantly affected by old residential areas as essential components of urban renewal …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmarks for environmental impact of housing in Europe: Definition of archetypes and LCA of the residential building stock

M Lavagna, C Baldassarri, A Campioli, S Giorgi… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study describes the results of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to 24 statistically-
based dwelling archetypes, representative of the EU housing stock in 2010. The aim is to …

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 …