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Comparative analysis of residential building envelopes newly implementing the building insulation code in Damascus
The selection of envelope construction technique has the highest impact on sustaining indoor thermal comfort while reducing energy consumed for...
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Life cycle ecological footprint of building: a case study of low-rise tropical residential building
Rapid growth in the construction sector significantly influences the natural resource demands, waste assimilation, as well as its also responsible...
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Life cycle assessment of residential building in Iran: a case study on construction phase and material impacts
Buildings are a basic requirement for human beings and an essential part of the built environment, with significant environmental impacts. In...
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Economic and life cycle cost analysis of building-integrated photovoltaic system for composite climatic conditions
An insulated building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) roof prototype is designed, developed, and experimentally monitored for the composite climatic...
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Developments on energy-efficient buildings using phase change materials: a sustainable building solution
Energy security and environmental concerns are driving a lot of research projects to improve energy efficiency, make the energy infrastructure less...
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Optimisation of energy and life cycle costs via building envelope: a BIM approaches
A surge in energy demand driven by the growing number of buildings and insufficient attention to sustainable and optimised energy-saving procedures...
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Influence of building orientation and thermal mass configuration on the prediction of Natural Ventilation Potential (NVP) of various climates of India
Natural ventilation potential (NVP) of a climate is a theoretical basis, and it gains importance due to the promising need for building energy...
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Influence of Groundnut Shell Ash and Waste Plaster of Paris on Clayey Soil for Sustainable Construction
Groundnut shell ash (GSA) is an agricultural dissipates whereas Waste Plaster of Paris (WPOP) is a powdered material obtained from gypsum. In order...
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A comparative study on the environmental impact of cast in situ concrete and industrialized building systems: a life cycle assessment approach
The building construction sector is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gases (GHG), especially CO 2 emissions, and final energy consumption...
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Towards a Circular Building Industry
The building industry has a major environmental impact in terms of global energy use, carbon emissions, resource use, and the production of waste. To...
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Simulation of the Heating Load in a NZEB Winery Building
The study concerns the design of a Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) in the agro-industry sector, intended for production, aging and marketing of...
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Usage of recycled fine aggregates obtained from concretes with low w/c ratio in the production of masonry plaster and mortar
In this study, fresh and hardened aspects of mortars being produced from RFAs (recycled fine aggregates) obtained from concretes, w/c (water/cement)...
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Sustainable utilization of incinerated paper mill sludge ash for the manufacture of building bricks
Fly ash–lime–gypsum bricks are an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient alternative to burnt clay bricks. Nowadays, the scarcity of fly ash...
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Guidelines for defining the reference study period and system boundaries in comparative LCA of building renovation and reconstruction
PurposeThere has been a growing interest in the environmental trade-off between renovation and reconstruction. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a...
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Biomimetic building facades demonstrate potential to reduce energy consumption for different building typologies in different climate zones
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions leading to anthropogenic global warming continue to be a major issue for societies worldwide. A major opportunity to...
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Natural radioactivity in building materials, indoor radon measurements, and assessment of the associated risk indicators in some localities of the Centre Region, Cameroon
The objective of the current study is to investigate the natural radioactivity of some building materials, the resulting long-term external and...
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Towards a Circular Building Industry
The building industry has a major environmental impact in terms of global energy use, carbon emissions, resource use, and the production of waste. To...
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Existing Site Conditions. Building Thermography and U-value Measurements. Case Study Tirana, Albania
The stock of Albania buildingsBuilding dating between 1955 and 1985 during the communist periodCommunist period is a very powerful and important...
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Evaluation of natural radioactivity levels and potential radiological hazards of common building materials utilized in Mediterranean region, Turkey
Radiometric measurement of building materials is very important to assess the internal and external exposure caused by the ionizing radiation emitted...
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Environmentally friendly concrete block production: valorization of civil construction and chemical industry waste
In the present work, a study was carried out on the dosage of wastes from the chemical industry (tannery sludge) and civil construction (concrete and...
