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Pursuing More Sustainable Consumption by Analyzing Household Metabolism in European Countries and Cities [PDF]

, 2005
Bringing about more sustainable consumption patterns is an important challenge for society and science. In this article the concept of household metabolism is applied to analyzing consumption patterns and to identifying possibilities for the development ...
Clark, Charlotte,, Noorman, KJ, Kok, Rixt, Throne-Holst, H, Kok, Rixt,, Moll, Henri C.,, Klaas Jan Noorman, Noorman, Klaas Jan, Rixt Kok, Engström, Rebecka,, Kok, R, Engstrom, R, Throne-Holst, Harald,, Charlotte Clark, Moll, HC; id_orcid, Clark, Charlotte, Moll, HC, Noorman, Klaas Jan,, Clark, C, Trone-Holst, Harald, Henri C. Moll, Harald Throne‐Holst, Moll, Henri C, Engström, Rebecka, Rebecka Engström   +24 more
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Visualizing the research of embodied energy and environmental impact research in the building and construction field: A bibliometric analysis

Developments in the Built Environment, 2020
In this paper, bibliometric analysis is conducted on the research of embodied energy (EE) and environmental impact (EI) in the building and construction industry to identify fundamental influential and intellectual roots and to obtain a structured ...
Ming Hu, David Milner
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Embodied Energy and Off-Grid Lighting [PDF]

, 2011
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuel-based lighting are substantial given the paltry levels of lighting service provided to users, leading to a great opportunity for GHG mitigation byencouraging the switch from fuel-based to rechargeable LED ...
Alstone, Peter, Mills, Evan, Jacobson, Arne   +2 more
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Embodied Energy in Building Construction

Jurnal Teknologi, 2014
Building construction systems that come in different forms and types need to be properly selected before being use, this may have different impact on overall embodied energy of the building construction. Hence, in order to achieve and maximize the construction contribution, the designer plays a big role in choosing the appropriate energy efficient ...
Balubaid, Saeed, Mohamad Zin, Rosli, Abd. Majid, Muhd. Zaimi, Hassan, J. S., Mardzuki, Samihah   +4 more
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Embodied energy and cost assessments of a concentrating photovoltaic module [PDF]

, 2021
This paper focuses on the embodied energy and cost assessments of a static concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module in comparison to the flat photovoltaic (PV) module.
Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey, Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki, Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto, Gamio, Carlos, Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus, Freier Raine, Daria, Carlos Gamio, Jafry, Tahseen, Gamio-Roffe, Carlos, Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo, Raine, Daria Freier, Daria Freier Raine, Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; id_orcid, Tahseen Jafry   +14 more
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Improving the buildings' sustainability through combined matrix assessment of embodied energy, water, and carbon: case of conventional houses, Jammu-India

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
The study attempts the comparatives of embodied energy, water, and carbon parameters in the cradle-to-gate phase of building construction for conventional houses in Jammu, India.
Anoop Kumar Sharma, Prabhjot Singh Chani
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Comparing construction technologies of single family housing with regard of minimizing embodied energy and embodied carbon

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
This article concerns the Life Cycle Assessment method of evaluation and the ways in which it can be applied as a tool facilitating the design of buildings to reduce embodied energy and embodied carbon. Three variants of a building were examined with the
Węglarz Arkadiusz, Pierzchalski Michał
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Material flows and Embodied Energy of Direct Air Capture

, 2022
Direct air capture (DAC) is an essential nexus of CO2 chemistry and climate mitigation. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is often used to validate the environmental potential of emerging technologies.
Bálint, Simon
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Towards Sustainable Conventional Indian Houses: Linking Embodied Water-Energy Nexus to Pro-locals’ Architecture, Construction and Regulatory Reforms with Lifecycle Assessment and Scenarios Methods

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Real-world insights to conserve water in constructions without overshooting embodied energy meet sustainable development goal 12, specifically in the current thirsty world.
Anoop Kumar Sharma, Prabhjot Singh Chani, Atul Anand Jha   +2 more
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Retrofitting Buildings: Embodied & Operational Energy Use in English Housing Stock

Proceedings, 2018
This study is aimed at assessing the impact of the insulation refurbishment of the English housing stock on the embodied energy needed for the various refurbishment scenarios and their corresponding operational energy use reductions.
Adnan Hossain, Monjur Mourshed
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