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Embodied carbon emissions of buildings: Taking a step towards net zero buildings

Case Studies in Construction Materials
As global concerns about climate change and environmental sustainability escalate, the construction industry is shifting significantly towards eco-resilient and sustainable building practices.
Nwe Ni Myint, Muhammad Shafique
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Volatile Relay Biosensing and Mobile Phone Imaging for Detection of Influenza Virus

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Detection of volatile organic compounds is performed via a coupled enzymatic assay with mobile phone detection of the signal. Specific application demonstrated herein is the detection of influenza virus, across multiple levels of biological complexity, up to patient‐derived samples.
Dante G. Andersen, Josefine H. Jakobsen, Mikkel Høj Nielsen, Shreyans Chatterjee, Detlef Michel, Jan Münch, Rüdiger Gross, Alexander N. Zelikin   +7 more
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Urban embodied carbon assessment: methodology and insights from analyzing over a million buildings in Chicago

Carbon Management
Confronting climate change, this study quantifies the embodied carbon emissions from the building sector—an overlooked yet significant contributor to urban carbon emissions.
Siavash Ghorbany, Ming Hu
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global trade-embodied carbon emissions. [PDF]

J Clean Prod, 2023
Liu Y, Zhu J, Tuwor CP, Ling C, Yu L, Yin K, Yin K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating climate change by minimising the carbon footprint and embodied energy of construction materials: A comparative analysis of three South African Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations

Acta Structilia, 2012
This article investigates the role that architecture can play in mitigating climate change by comparing the environmental impact of construction material use in two existing South African Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations in Johannesburg and Cape Town and
Jan Hugo, Hennie Stoffberg, Arthur Barker   +2 more
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A Critical Review of the Carbon–Energy Nexus Within the Construction Sector’s Embodied Emissions: A Case Study in the United Arab Emirates

Energies
This review maps the complex relationship between embodied carbon emissions and energy within the construction sector, aiming to generate insights that facilitate more informed and sustainable decision-making for new construction projects.
Yara Al Jundi, Hassam Nasarullah Chaudhry   +1 more
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Functionalizing Micro‐to‐Mesoscopic Electrode Architectures for Regulating Electron Transfer Behaviors in Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A systematic review is conducted to assess the influence of electrode architecture across micro‐ to mesoscopic length scales on electron‐transfer pathways in electrocatalysis. We discuss the structure‐activity relationships in electrocatalytic applications, including resource recovery and environmental remediation, and provide cost‐effective, efficient
Manshu Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shideng Yuan, Xinmeng Yu, Keming Wan, Xiaoguang Duan, Zhining Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative analysis and influential factors of embodied carbon emissions across low-rise, multi-story, and high-rise residential buildings in China

Scientific Reports
Embodied carbon emission reduction is crucial for promoting energy conservation and carbon reduction in residential buildings as operational carbon emissions decline.
Jiayue Sun, Xiaocun Zhang, Fenglai Wang
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Research on Embodied Carbon Transfer Measurement and Carbon Compensation among Regions in China. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Chen H, Wang E, Wang N, Song T.
europepmc   +1 more source