Assessing life cycle sustainability of building renovation and reconstruction: A comprehensive review of case studies and methods

L Michelle, P Chiara - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
To address the age and low efficiency of Europe's building stock, the European Union (EU)
has focused on renovation strategies. However, recent studies suggest that demolishing and …

Research on the evaluation of the renovation effect of existing energy-inefficient residential buildings in a severe cold region of China

H Cao, X Liu, G Feng, C Wang, K Huang, X Hou… - Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The renovation of existing energy-inefficient residential buildings is an important measure to
improve building energy efficiency and achieve CO 2 emission reduction strategic tasks. At …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated optimization of the building envelope and the HVAC system in office building retrofitting

W Cui, G Liu, Y Wang, K Li - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing the energy efficiency of existing buildings is the major strategy to reach carbon
neutral targets, given that the building sector is a major emitter. In particular, one major part …

Exploring stakeholder engagement in urban village renovation projects through a mixed-method approach to social network analysis: a case study of Tian**

X Zheng, C Sun, J Liu - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
The stakeholder relationship network in urban village renovation projects is highly complex,
exhibiting dynamic changes at different stages. Therefore, exploring the characteristics of …

A framework of stakeholder relationship analysis for an urban regeneration project based on social network analysis: A dynamic perspective

Y Wang, Y Yao, Y Zhang, L **ang - Journal of Urban Planning and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
During the life cycle of an urban regeneration project, stakeholders enter and exit the
project, which has different impacts on its sustainable development. However, few …

Advantages of structural inspection and diagnosis for traditional buildings' refurbishment: A life cycle assessment perspective

R Silva, E Surra, B Quelhas, AA Costa, N Lapa… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work demonstrated, through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the environmental
advantages brought by the application of the Structural Inspection and Diagnosis (SID) …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability study of a residential building near subway based on LCA-emergy method

X Chen, H Wang, J Zhang, H Zhang, AT Asutosh, G Wu… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the context of ecological building and green building popularity, building sustainability
assessment is becoming more and more important. In this paper, a comprehensive …

A novel hybrid method integrating multi-objective optimization with emergy analysis for building renewal strategy

W Cui, G Liu, J Hong, K Li - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Building renewal has become a promising approach for improving energy efficiency and
reaching carbon neutrality targets. Two renewal strategies, namely, the retrofitting of existing …

Carbon footprint analysis of straw collection, transportation, and storage system for power generation in China based on emergy evaluation

Y Sun, B Yang, Y Wang, Z Zheng, J Wang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Carbon footprint analysis method was employed to evaluate the ecological benefits of the
straw collection, transportation, and storage system based on the case of Laifa Straw …

[HTML][HTML] A Sustainability Analysis Based on the LCA–Emergy–Carbon Emission Approach in the Building System

J Zhang, AT Asutosh - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ecologically sustainable buildings and their carbon emissions are two popular ideas for
building life cycle systems. It is a challenge to comprehensively assess the sustainability of …