Sustainable building practices are a response to environmental issues. Businesses and
industries are assessing how their activities affect the environment. The architecture …

To achieve carbon-neutral target in building sector, reaching green building and ultra-low
energy building (ULEB) goals are two progressive energy-saving targets for buildings in …

Robust monitoring and assessment methods are required to assess circular economy (CE)
concepts in terms of their degree of circularity and their contribution to sustainability. This …

It is widely acknowledged that unharmonized methodological and data choices in life cycle
assessments (LCAs) can limit comparability and complicate decision-making, ultimately …

In this study, an analysis of physicochemical and microbiological water quality parameters
was carried out to evaluate the water quality status of the city from the two major reservoirs …

Life cycle assessment modelling of multi-cycle recycling systems is challenging. There is still
neither consensus on applying allocation approaches nor a one-size-fits-all solution. This …

As urbanization continues to surge, building materials are poised to become a dominant
contributor to global emissions. Traditionally, the building sector has focused on mitigating …

Abstract Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) are finding more applications in different
industrial sectors. From a sustainability point of view, a component made of FRPs reduces …

A variety of life cycle assessment (LCA) calculation methods and rules exist in European
countries for building performance evaluation based on new-build. However, the increased …

As it stands, the construction sector accounts for a significant proportion of global emissions.
The majority of these emissions can be associated with material production. As a result, the …