A5061716399- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Environmental Policies and Emissions
- Construction Project Management and Performance
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
- Architecture and Computational Design
- Wood Treatment and Properties
- Civil and Structural Engineering Research
- Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
- Research in Social Sciences
- Sustainable Design and Development
Aalborg University
2016-2025
University of Southern Denmark
2023
Stavanger Akuttmedisinfond for utdanning og forskning
2014-2021
Building Research Institute
2010-2019
Technical University of Denmark
2005-2010
TransportForsK
2010
Buildings are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contributors to the climate crisis. To meet climate-change mitigation needs, one must go beyond operational energy consumption related GHG buildings address their full life cycle. This study investigates global trends arising across cycle by systematically compiling analysing more than 650 assessment (LCA) case studies. The results, presented for different performance classes based on a final sample 238 cases, show clear...
The considerable environmental impacts, resource consumption and waste generation emanating from buildings are a cause of great concern political attention. Interest in the circular economy (CE) concept slowing, narrowing closing material loops through CE strategies (reuse, repair, refurbish, recycle recover) has grown recent years to facilitate minimising these unresolved issues building industry. Although initiatives proliferating within industry, wide-scale adoption is still lacking,...
The building industry is responsible for a large proportion of anthropogenic environmental impacts. Circular economy (CE) restorative and regenerative industrial economic approach that promotes resource efficiency to reduce waste burdens. Transitioning from linear CE within the will be significant challenge. However, an insufficient number quantitative studies exist confirm potential (positive) effects built environment as well consistent method characterizing these effects. This paper...
A new model has been developed for evaluating the overall resource consumption and environmental impacts of municipal solid waste management systems by use life cycle assessment. The is named EASEWASTE (Environmental Assessment Solid Waste Systems Technologies) able to compare different strategies, treatment methods process technologies. potential can be traced back most important processes fractions that contribute relevant impacts. like used planners optimize current with respect...
The building industry contributes to resource scarcity by consuming vast amounts of natural resources and produces in addition large waste, both contributing a considerable portion the environmental impacts induced demands growing world population. Manufacturing most materials require material energy resources. These are nevertheless either down-cycled or ends up as waste after demolition. Consequently, only manages exploit an insignificant percentage materials' inherent economic value...
Transitioning the built environment to a circular economy (CE) is vital achieve sustainability goals but requires metrics. Life cycle assessment (LCA) can analyse environmental performance of CE. However, conventional LCA methods assess individual products and single life cycles whereas systems perspective as buildings, components materials potentially have multiple use cycles. How should benefits burdens be allocated between cycles? This study compares four different allocation approaches:...
Target values for creating carbon budgets buildings are important developing climate-neutral building stocks. A lack of clarity currently exists defining and what constitutes a unit assessment—particularly the distinction between production- consumption-based accounting. These different perspectives on system function that is assessed hinder clear commonly agreed definition ‘carbon budgets’ construction operation. This paper explores processes establishing budget residential non-residential...
Buildings play a vital role in reaching the targets stated by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global warming 1.5 degrees. Increasing use of wood construction is proposed upcoming strategy reduce embodied greenhouse gas emissions buildings. This study examines existing life cycle assessments wooden The aim investigate emission results reported, as well methodological approaches applied literature. applies protocol for Systematic Literature Reviews and finds 79 relevant...
Buildings are responsible for 37 % of global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Subsequently, stakeholders in this sector have introduced different strategies to reduce the environmental impact buildings. One strategy focuses on increasing use wood buildings as a low-impact material with potential act carbon sink. Although research shows tendency towards lower GHG emissions from structures compared conventional constructions, existing literature is typically challenged by methodological...
Many life cycle assessments (LCA) studies on wooden buildings show potential to decarbonise the building industry, though often neglecting consider systemic changes of such a shift at stock scale. This study applies consequential LCA evaluate transition from conventional construction increased wood-based in Denmark 2022 2050. The assessment models material flow analysis two scenarios, incorporating an area forecast and case buildings. By that, we assessed suppliers' capacity likely meet...
The climate debate necessitates reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. A common and standardized method of assessing this is life cycles assessment (LCA); however, time costs are a barrier. Large efficiency potentials associated with using data building information models (BIM) for the LCA, but development still at an early stage. This study investigates industry practice needs BIM–LCA, if these met through prototype Danish context, IFC 3D view. Eight qualitative in-depth...
The building and construction sector plays a vital role in mitigating climate change. Consequently, the use of wood bio-based materials as strategy for reducing environmental impact buildings is increasing. However, along with realising potential benefits biomass, focus on assessment methods their inherent uncertainties increases. Typically, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) used quantifying performance but often criticised not considering temporal factors related to emissions. Therefore, dynamic...
A new computer based life cycle assessment model (EASEWASTE) was used to evaluate a municipal solid waste system with the purpose of identifying environmental benefits and disadvantages by anaerobic digestion source-separated household incineration. The most important processes that were included in study are optical sorting pre-treatment, heat power recovery, incineration use digested biomass on arable soils finally, an estimated surplus consumption plastic order achieve higher quality...
Within the ReSOLVE framework, concept of 'Looping' materials in an efficient way is a crucial theme to ensure environmental sustainability circular economy. This paper investigates how current calculation practice building LCA from EN 15804/15978 standards affects global warming potential (GWP) designs where material loops have been focus. In this study, we calculate potentials design based on two cases; 1) constructed primarily upcycled materials, and 2) with principles for disassembly...
"NORNET - Innovative use of LCA in the development sustainable building and refurbishment strategies" is a Nordic network aiming at extended improved sector. The NORNET has studied challenges needs industry Building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). study applied semi-structured interview technique with 57 interviewees from Danish, Finnish, Norwegian Swedish was conducted using combination in-depth phone interviews, email interviews an online multiple-choice questionnaire. represented different...