A review of carbon footprint reduction in construction industry, from design to operation

B Sizirici, Y Fseha, CS Cho, I Yildiz, YJ Byon - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Construction is among the leading industries/activities contributing the largest carbon
footprint. This review paper aims to promote awareness of the sources of carbon footprint in …

Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis

NC Onat, M Kucukvar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper conducts a global review and a macro-level supply chain analysis focusing on
carbon footprint of construction industry worldwide for the period between 2009 and 2020 …

Interpretive Structural Modeling based factor analysis on the implementation of Emission Trading System in the Chinese building sector

L Shen, X Song, Y Wu, S Liao, X Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Emission Trading System has been promoted as a tool for providing financial
and cost-effective incentives to carbon emitters to apply emission reduction measures. The …

Carbon emissions and policies in China's building and construction industry: Evidence from 1994 to 2012

Y Lu, P Cui, D Li - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Since 2013, China has become the largest emitter of CO 2 in the world. Among all emission
sources, the building and construction industry contributes significant amounts due to its …

Green building technologies adoption process in China: how environmental policies are resha** the decision-making among alliance-based construction …

Z Yang, H Chen, L Mi, P Li, K Qi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
To expedite green building technologies (GBTs) adoption among construction enterprises,
the Chinese government has launched a series of environmental policies that encourage …

Towards a systematic framework for the analysis of environmental policy integration

H Runhaar, P Driessen… - Environmental Policy and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental policy integration (EPI) refers to the incorporation of environmental concerns
in non‐environmental policy sectors. EPI aims to avoid conflicts between environmental and …

A life cycle assessment model for evaluating the environmental impacts of building construction in Hong Kong

YH Dong, ST Ng - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Building construction consumes large amount of energy and material. Despite that, not much
effort has been directed to examine the environmental impact of the construction phase, and …

Evolutionary game analysis of prefabricated buildings adoption under carbon emission trading scheme

Q He, J Wu, Z Wu, J Zhang, X Chen - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Prefabricated buildings (PBs) have attracted significant attention in the global construction
field due to their remarkable environmental and social benefits. How to internalize the …

Spatiotemporal changes of built-up land expansion and carbon emissions caused by the Chinese construction industry

X Chuai, X Huang, Q Lu, M Zhang… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
China is undergoing rapid urbanization, enlarging the construction industry, greatly
expanding built-up land, and generating substantial carbon emissions. We calculated both …

An Activity-Based Costing decision model for life cycle assessment in green building projects

WH Tsai, CH Yang, JC Chang, HL Lee - European Journal of Operational …, 2014 - Elsevier
Carbon emissions are an increasingly important consideration in sustainable environmental
development. In the green building industry, green construction cost controls and low …