... The study investigates existing CDWM practices and applies life cycle assessment and life cycle costing to assess the environmental and economic benefits of various CDWM scenarios. According to the findings, for every tonne of C&D waste, 0.43 t CO₂eq can be saved by reducing the generation...

... are not necessarily the same. In other words, the existing research has failed to recognize the CPCs of construction projects as potential commodity futures. Carbon futures transaction Carbon cost OpenBIM Industry foundation classes Life cycle assessment Life cycle costing Carbon emissions...

... explores the choice of building design and technology, from the context of embodied energy, carbon and other life cycle impacts for housing construction. Design/methodology/approach Life cycle assessment (LCA) that evaluates impacts due to the products/processes is used to analyse different...

... only Construction and demolition waste Human health Life cycle assessment Particle matter Gaseous pollutant With the rapid process of urbanization and lots of urban renewal programs in China, the construction industry has always been the pillar industry of the national economy...

... rights only Life cycle assessment Sustainable materials Building construction Environmental impacts Over the last decade, responsible use of existing resources has been the major focus of sustainable construction and industries are often focussing on restricting virgin materials usage...

... Embodied energy Embodied emissions Cost Early design phase Life cycle assessment Buildings Figure 1 Energy consumption in traditional vs energy-efficient buildings (50 years life) (Chini and Shrivastava, 2013) Rapidly increasing energy use in the world has resulted...

... A decision-making model for supply of materials is proposed by integrating the BIM-enabled life cycle assessment into supply chain and project constraints management. The integration is achieved through addition of a series of attributes to typical BIM. The framework is supplemented by a multi-attribute...

..., and Benoît et al. (2010) formulated guidelines for social life cycle assessments (LCAs) of products. Despite the availability of several assessments for buildings in current practice connected with sustainability, there is not an integrated model to comprehensively assess sustainability from all...