Emerging engineered wood for building applications

Y Ding, Z Pang, K Lan, Y Yao, G Panzarasa… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The building sector, including building operations and materials, was responsible for the
emission of∼ 11.9 gigatons of global energy-related CO2 in 2020, accounting for 37% of the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide carbon neutrality transition? Energy efficiency, renewable, carbon trading and advanced energy policies

Y Zhou - Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and energy shortage crisis promptly necessitate achievement of sustainable
development goals. However, there is no straightforward pathways for low-carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070

J Rissman, C Bataille, E Masanet, N Aden… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Fully decarbonizing global industry is essential to achieving climate stabilization, and
reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050–2070 is necessary to limit global …

[HTML][HTML] Life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of buildings: implications, calculations, and reductions

Z Huang, H Zhou, Z Miao, H Tang, B Lin, W Zhuang - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The life-cycle assessment method, which originates from general products and services, has
gradually come to be applied to investigations of the life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of …

The application of life cycle assessment in buildings: challenges, and directions for future research

A Fnais, Y Rezgui, I Petri, T Beach, J Yeung… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This paper reviews the state-of-the art research in life cycle assessment (LCA)
applied to buildings. It focuses on current research trends, and elaborates on gaps and …

Circular bio-based building materials: A literature review of case studies and sustainability assessment methods

DL Le, R Salomone, QT Nguyen - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Circular bio-based building materials are “materials wholly or partly derived from renewable
biological origins, or by-products and biowaste of plant and/or animal biomass that can be …

Investigating the embodied energy and carbon of buildings: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of life cycle assessments

R Minunno, T O'Grady, GM Morrison… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment is a tool to quantify the environmental impact of products and has
been widely studied in the building context. This is an important context given the building …

Carbon sequestration and storage in the built environment

JH Arehart, J Hart, F Pomponi, B D'Amico - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing interest in bio-based construction materials has resulted in the emergence of
the concept of “buildings as a carbon sink”. Quantifying and comparing the effects of carbon …

Bio-based building material solutions for environmental benefits over conventional construction products–Life cycle assessment of regenerative design strategies (1/2)

L Mouton, K Allacker, M Röck - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The focus in reducing environmental impacts of buildings is shifting from the operational
stage to the full life cycle, with particular attention to embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) …