Whole life carbon quantification of the built environment: Case study Ireland

R O'Hegarty, O Kinnane - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The built environment continues to grow rapidly and is currently estimated to account for 30–
40% of all Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions globally. Continuing on a 'business as …

From extraction to end‐uses and waste management: Modeling economy‐wide material cycles and stock dynamics around the world

D Wiedenhofer, J Streeck, H Wieland… - Journal of Industrial …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Material stocks of infrastructure, buildings, and machinery are the biophysical basis of
production and consumption. They are a crucial lever for resource efficiency and a …

Tracking the post-1990 sociometabolic transitions in Eastern Europe with dynamic economy-wide material flow analysis

W Zhu, C Cimpan, K Sun, Q Liu, A Veipa… - Resources, Conservation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** and transition countries merit more attentions on resource monitoring and
circular economy implementation to improve global sustainability. With four Eastern …

Society's material stocks as carbon pool: an economy-wide quantification of global carbon stocks from 1900–2015

L Kaufmann, D Wiedenhofer, Z Cao… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Societal activities massively alter the global carbon (C) cycle, thereby driving global climate
heating. Socioeconomic material stocks-eg in buildings and infrastructures-have been …

Development of Trade in Recyclable Raw Materials: Transition to a Circular Economy

O Lingaitiene, A Burinskiene - Economies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Mechanisms for sectoral change in the economy are being used to move towards a circular
economy. Trade in recycled raw materials could contribute to circular economy development …

State of the Art of Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounting in the Scientific Literature

E Chioatto, MC Liscio, P Sospiro - Trash or Treasure: Entrepreneurial …, 2024 - Springer
This study aims to analyse the topic of circular material flow in the literature, with the goal to
provide a comprehensive overview for scholars, policymakers, and stakeholders on the …

[BOOK][B] Global end-use inventory of the anthropogenic mass

T Matitia - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Human-made objects and the built environment, comprising together the anthropogenic
mass, form the basis of physical wealth and provide many services to the population, from …