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...Christopher Noel Trott; Caroline Noller; Nelly Martinez Fonseca; Blerina Celniku This paper addresses the challenges of implementing the Paris Agreement’s climate goals within the built environment. It introduces an innovative ‘whole life carbon’ approach that integrates life-cycle assessment (LCA...

... and reuse and recycling (Bocken et al., 2016). In the built environment, strategies to achieve this include: the optimisation of structures and components; design for longevity, adaptability and deconstructability; the (adaptive) reuse of existing buildings; and the specification of reused/reusable...

... Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2023 buildings, structures and design built environment safety In everyday language, the term facade implies something superficial applied to the exterior of a building or structure – or a person! In engineering terms, a facade is everything...

.... built environment embodied carbon embodied energy energy efficiency renewable energy statistical analysis structural materials sustainability Environmental product declarations (EPD) to EN 15804 (CEN/TC 350, 2013) provide information about the environmental impacts associated...