The concept of net-zero, climate-neutral buildings is attracting global attention, and it is
widely recognised as a key solution for achieving climate neutrality targets in the …

The growing attention to sustainability and life cycle issues by European and international
policies has recently encouraged the adoption, in the construction sector, of environmental …

Ancient Roman concretes have survived millennia, but mechanistic insights into their
durability remain an enigma. Here, we use a multiscale correlative elemental and chemical …

Climate change mitigation is a recurrent consciousness topic among society and
policymakers. Actions are being adopted to face this crucial environmental challenge, with a …

Abstract The European Commission has published a framework on the environmental
sustainability of buildings, called Level (s), a set of indicators addressing the resource …

The building industry is responsible for a large proportion of anthropogenic environmental
impacts. Circular economy (CE) is a restorative and regenerative industrial economic …

The construction sector accounts for approximately 25% of global CO 2 emissions. In this
paper, we provide a multidimensional assessment of the potential for greenhouse gas …

This paper publishes the results from a major five year International Energy Agency
research project which investigated the reduction of embodied energy and greenhouse gas …

To understand the reasons behind the large environmental impact from buildings the whole
life cycle needs to be considered. Therefore, this study evaluates the carbon dioxide …

In the context of worldwide efforts towards energy efficiency and circular economy,
embodied energy has been increasing its weight in the total lifecycle energy use of …