Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for Buildings in Europe – Summary Report
Developers, investors and policymakers must respond with urgency to the threatening climate and ecosystem crisis and set targets aligning with the 2015 Paris Agreement. All participants in the new-build and building renovation value chain must cooperate to establish a standard performance system based on sustainable a ...
Posted on 21/04/22
Barriers to Achieving Sustainable Construction Project Procurement in the Private Sector
Sustainable procurement management (SPM) as an approach to integrating sustainability into construction projects that takes into account the social, ecological, and economic consequences of procurement decisions. This study recognizes several challenges that obstruct the effective interaction between stakeholders in a ...
Posted on 14/04/22
Life Cycle Assessment of Building Materials for a Single-family House in Sweden
This study demonstrates the environmental impact of building materials from production and construction, including transport, replacement and deconstruction, for a single-family house in Sweden. It focused on building materials, materials transport, replacement of essential construction materials, and the environmenta ...
Posted on 12/04/22
Determining the Sustainability Factors and Performance of a Tourism Destination from the Stakeholders’ Perspective
The development and construction of sustainable tourism destinations ensure that the long-term quality performance of their environment and community life will be sustained. Sustainability is key to managing and maintaining the image and competitiveness of tourism destinations. This study focuses on the future environm ...
Posted on 07/04/22
A Methodological Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Construction Projects Incorporating TBL and Decoupling Principles
In construction projects, integration of the three social, economic, and environmental aspects of the triple bottom line (TBL) principle is challenging. Green building rating schemes, such as LEED and BREEAM, fail to fully consider the projects' life cycle sustainability. This study presents a sustainable constructio ...
Posted on 29/03/22
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