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Josephine Vaughan, Rebecca Evans and Willy Sher
Accounting for the embodied carbon in construction materials and calculating the carbon footprint of entire construction projects in life-cycle assessments is a rapidly developing area in the construction industry. Carbon emission accounting relies on in...
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Haydar Aygun
A computational and theoretical investigation of acoustical and vibrational properties of rigid thin fiberglass material was carried out for different boundary conditions. Fiberglass materials could be applied in industries varying from the aircraft and ...
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Paulo Santos, Génesis Camila Cervantes, Alicia Zaragoza-Benzal, Aimee Byrne, Ferhat Karaca, Daniel Ferrández, Adriana Salles and Luís Bragança
Building construction accounts for a significant proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions, raw material extraction, and waste production. Applying circular economy (CE) principles in the building construction industry would considerably reduce these...
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Slawomir Czarnecki and Marlena Rudner
In the European Union, more than 20% of residential buildings were constructed prior to 1945 and are approaching the end of their projected lifespan. This necessitates renovations or demolitions of these structures. A study was conducted to analyze the q...
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Marcel Behún and Annamária Behúnová
The traditional concept of the primary, secondary, tertiary and later quaternary economy is based on several structurally divided and related tasks and processes in processing raw materials and earth resources. Gradually, a new concept of the functioning...
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Francesca Merli, Said Bouzit, Mohamed Taha and Cinzia Buratti
Due to the high impact of the building sector on the environment, a growing interest focuses on insulating materials able to ensure good thermo-acoustic performance for the building envelope from a sustainable and circular economy perspective. In this co...
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Noura Al-Mazrouei, Waleed Ahmed and Ali H. Al-Marzouqi
The utilization of waste materials like bio-binders and fine aggregates in construction is crucial for achieving environmentally sustainable building practices. By reusing these materials, we can significantly reduce waste production and preserve preciou...
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Bahador Ziaeemehr, Zahra Jandaghian, Hua Ge, Michael Lacasse and Travis Moore
The Urban Heat Island (UHI), a consequence of urban development, leads to elevated temperatures within cities compared to their rural counterparts. This phenomenon results from factors such as urban designs, anthropogenic heat emissions, and materials th...
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Luca Morganti, Marco Demutti, Ioakeim Fotoglou, Eva Alessandra Coscia, Paolo Perillo and Alessandro Pracucci
The construction industry impacts resource consumption and waste production and thus necessitates solutions that promote sustainable practices. In particular, it must address challenges surrounding data collection and digital management services that oft...
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Charalampos Konstantinou and Yuze Wang
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an innovative biocementation technique that facilitates the formation of calcium carbonate within a pore network. Initially gaining prominence in the field of geotechnical engineering, MICP ha...
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