... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The choice of materials is critical for sustainable construction, ideally requiring renewable, recyclable, durable materials with low embodied energy (Ramírez-Villegas et al., 2019). Adding...

..., transportation, construction, use, demolition and destruction. Making wrong decisions in the selection and use of building materials may cause negative effects in the environment. The major purpose of this study is to to examine the embodied energy of of the traditional and comtemporary building materials...