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 …

Understanding sustainability in off-site construction management: State of the art and future directions

L Li, H Luan, X Yin, Y Dou, M Yuan… - Journal of Construction …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Many countries and regions consider off-site construction a modern construction method that
facilitates sustainability in the construction industry. Sustainability research in off-site …

Comprehensive assessment of embodied environmental impacts of buildings using normalized environmental impact factors

B Cheng, K Lu, J Li, H Chen, X Luo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings are responsible for many environmental issues during construction. Although
many studies have evaluated buildings' life cycle embodied environmental impacts (LCEEI) …

Evaluating the decarbonization potential of industrialized construction: A review of the current state, opportunities, and challenges

S Paneru, S Suh, W Seo, C Rausch - Journal of Construction …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Given the urgent need for decarbonization of the construction industry due to its pivotal role
in global greenhouse gas emissions, industrialized construction (IC) has emerged as a …

Sensing technology based quality control and warning systems for sleeve grouting of prefabricated buildings

F Yao, Y Ji, W Tong, HX Li, G Liu - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
Sleeve grouting is widely used for connecting prefabricated buildings (PB) components to
form key nodes. Although some nondestructive testing techniques have been tried for the …

A bibliometric and content review of carbon emission analysis for building construction

Y Wang, Z Jiang, L Li, Y Qi, J Sun, Z Jiang - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
To combat climate change and meet energy conservation and emission reduction goals, the
building sector must adopt low-carbon technologies and low-carbon management methods …

[HTML][HTML] Resource management at modern construction sites: Bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and industry practice and needs

L Hasselsteen, SM Lindhard, K Kanafani - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The urgent need to address the construction sector's significant contribution to global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions underscores the importance of develo** more …

Systematic literature review of themes and definitions of industrialized construction

L Kauppinen, P Annunen, H Haapasalo - Smart and Sustainable Built …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Industrialized construction has brought about expectations of improved productivity
in the construction industry. However, the lack of a commonly accepted definition has …

On-site building construction workers perspective on environmental impacts of construction-related activities: a relative importance index (RII) and exploratory factor …

MK Boakye, SK Adanu - Sustainable Environment, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The construction sector has massive direct and indirect impacts on the environment; as
such, improving the environmental performance of the construction industry requires …

Integrating Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Analysis in the Life Cycle Assessment Use Phase and Monetization of Environmental Impacts to Promote Low Carbon …

H Ibrahim, S Marini, A Farina… - Transportation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study attempted to integrate the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
(MEPDG) analysis into the life cycle assessment (LCA) framework to explore the potential of …