Publishings

New generation life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and tools can positively influence the environmental impact of the built environment and help mitigate the effects of climate change.  They continuously learn from real-time data while allowing for effective operation and management strategies of buildings and district ...

For circular economy (CE) to succeed, focus must be given to the service life phase and the reuse/recycle phase of building projects.  This involves more stakeholders both in the early decision-making phases of projects as well as in the design phase and impacts the project value chain.  Life cycle sustainability asses ...

Stakeholder collaboration in neighborhood projects facilitates networking and knowledge transfer.  Construction companies participate in the task definition, research institutions contribute to feasibility testing, civil society organizations (CSOs) reinforce environmental approaches, and international partners increas ...

Construction circularity is identified in 1) material design, 2) building design, 3) construction and facility management, 4) urban sustainability development, and 5) system precondition.  These five broad categories represent different levels of circularity implementation in construction and can be further decomposed ...

To avoid the use of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for greenwashing, construction projects must include both long-term and short-term factors in assessing their SDG sustainability.  However, companies rarely use SDG assessments as a tool for decisions for real change towards more sustainable and equitable cor ...