A5070763748- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Civil and Structural Engineering Research
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Renewable Energy and Sustainability
- Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Physics and Engineering Research Articles
- Concrete Corrosion and Durability
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Real estate and construction management
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Engineering and Materials Science Studies
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Construction Project Management and Performance
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Building energy efficiency and sustainability
- Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
- Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Graz University of Technology
2016-2025
Aalborg University
2022
Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute
2022
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology
2021
ETH Zurich
2016
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...
To foster sustainable development, the environmental impacts of construction sector need to be reduced substantially. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is established methodology for quantification impacts, and therefore has been increasingly applied assess performance buildings. By coupling LCAs with digital design tools, e.g., building information modeling (BIM), identification hotspots their mitigation possible during process. The objective study identify current integration approaches,...
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"> The increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has motivated specialists develop low-carbon products incorporating bio-based materials. impact of these materials is often evaluated through life-cycle assessment (LCA), but there no clear consensus on how model the biogenic carbon released or absorbed during their life-cycle. This study investigates and compares existing methods used for...
Abstract Purpose Growing awareness of the environmental performance construction products and buildings brings about need for a suitable method to assess their performance. Life cycle assessment (LCA) has become widely recognised accepted burdens impacts throughout life cycle. This LCA-based information may be in form product declarations (EPD) or footprints (PEF), based on reliable verifiable information. All these use LCA quantify report several impact categories also provide additional To...
Various environmental challenges, particularly the rising severity of impacts climate change, require a systematic shift in and decarbonization global economy. Due to their high impacts, buildings construction have special role decarbonization. Environmental modelling building stock dynamics can help policy makers inform decision making. This study presents review both latest scientific literature on stocks related EU initiatives. Our findings illuminate strengths limitations existing...
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...
The built environment is significantly responsible for the current climate crisis, thus developing more sustainable projects becoming an urgent objective. One widely recognized method that supports achieving this objective Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), which enables a holistic, quantitative evaluation of building sustainability, including environmental, economic, and social dimensions. integration in digital design tools such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) facilitates...
Buildings constructed today need to be nearly-zero energy/emission buildings (nZEB) during operation. Amongst strategies meet today's nZEB performance requirements are passive building concepts. However, it is unclear which degree such concepts aid achieve net-zero carbon targets. To address this research gap, we conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the concept '2226' based on its original prototype office in Austria. We deploy quantity takeoff and measured end-energy demand calculate...
The importance of evaluation and improvement life cycle performance buildings in early design stages is widely acknowledged, the wide application Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) however, restrained by big uncertainty material decisions at this stage. approach presented paper aims to provide a proof-of-concept for an integrated assessment environmental impact building construction using Building Information Modeling (BIM). To support decision-making critical stages, we propose workflow conceptual...
Air pollution is a global concern, especially in cities and urban areas, has many implications for human health the environment. In common with other industrial sectors, construction industry emits air pollutants. scientific literature, contribution makes to underexposed. This systematic literature review (SLR) paper gives an overview of current regarding within industry. discussed focusing mainly on three levels: (i) buildings their building life cycle stages, (ii) processes components,...
Abstract Purpose Bio-based insulation materials are one of the most promising solutions for reducing environmental impacts building envelopes. Among these materials, benefits mycelium-based have merely been investigated, despite their technical and thermal properties. In this paper, we perform a first prospective cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) composite blocks. Methods An attributional cradle-to-gate LCA laboratory production composites was performed, including 11 impact...
Refurbishment is one of the most important measures for reducing environmental impacts construction sector in near future. According to life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology buildings, refurbishment should be assessed within whole building and reflected separate modules. However, practice, often treated as beginning a new cycle. This leads difficulties correctly assessing components that are reused or recycled after refurbishment. The division building's into two cycles indicates must...
Abstract Purpose With a contribution of 39% to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reducing the environmental impacts buildings plays an undisputed role in achieving climate goals. Therefore, development projects with low carbon footprint is crucial importance. Although several active and passive solutions as well design strategies have been developed, identifying critical levers minimise GHG emissions cost future building still problem faced every day by designers. Methods Motivated this...
In order to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of buildings, literature has investigated many strategies tackle operational emissions, which are traditionally largest contributor overall emissions. As a result, embodied gaining increased attention, not only due decrease in relative share but also material needs, e.g. use additional thermal insulation buildings. Some these strategies, such as decarbonisation energy grid, could help building materials. The objective this paper is...