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Advancing Energy-Efficient Renovation Through Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment and Costing: Insights and Experiences from VERIFY Tool Deployment

Energies
This study investigates the deployment of VERIFY, a dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) tool, tailored to evaluate the energy and environmental performance of building renovation strategies.
Komninos Angelakoglou, Ioannis Lampropoulos, Eleni Chatzigeorgiou, Paraskevi Giourka, Georgios Martinopoulos, Angelos-Saverios Skembris, Andreas Seitaridis, Georgia Kousovista, Nikos Nikolopoulos   +8 more
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Investigating the Environmental Impact of Additive Construction: A Systematic Analysis of the Life Cycle Assessment Studies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been identified as a potential catalyst for a paradigm shift within the construction industry, due to its capacity to enhance sustainability, reduce waste, and augment design flexibility. This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) that explores the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in ...
Antonio Mastropasqua, Francesco Paolo Lagrasta, Michele De Nicolò, Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Drivers of Ecological Sustainability: Insights From the World's Top SDGs Performers

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of climate technologies, financial inclusion, renewable energy, and economic growth on the environmental sustainability of the five world's top the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) performers. Utilizing a newly compiled panel dataset, the analysis employs the load capacity factor as a proxy for ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar, Ismail Demirdag, Qasim Raza Syed, Mehmet Akif Destek   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Cost Intersection Through LCC, BIM, and AI: A Systematic Literature Review for Future Opportunities

Buildings
The increasing integration of digital technologies in the construction sector is transforming the processes of buildings design, management, and evaluation throughout their life cycle.
Davide Avogaro, Jacopo Cassandro, Eleonora Dall’Anese, Camilla Dori, Antonio Farina, Eleonora Laurini   +5 more
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Developing and Testing a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) represents a paradigm shift in the provision of safely managed sanitation services with a framework of three outcomes—equity, safety and sustainability. There are several sanitation financial tools, but none of these fully address all CWIS outcomes. Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool (CWIS‐FiT) is
Camila Silva Franco, Shirish Singh, Albert Ocharo, Timothy Mugo, Prajwal Shrestha, Kabita B. Shrestha, Damir Brdjanovic   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circular Economy Assessment of Recycled Concrete with Life Cycle [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
This research examines the life cycle costing (LCC) of concrete produced using recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) combined with sustainable fibers, including carbon nanofibers and natural sisal fibers, as substitutes for traditional natural aggregates. A
Orlov Alexandr K., Nautiyal Rishi Dev, Chandana Ch., Parashar Komal, Al-Jawahry Hassan M., Verma Vikas, Rathour Abhinav, Gudainiyan Jitendra, Lakshmi Prasanna Javvadi   +8 more
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Revisiting the Load Capacity Curve for Sustainable Development: The Roles of Plastic Waste Trade, Digital Trade, and BioTrade in OECD Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the validity of the Load Capacity Curve (LCC) hypothesis and assesses the environmental implications of emerging trade structures, focusing on BioTrade, digital trade, and plastic waste trade. Using a balanced panel of 36 OECD countries from 2011 to 2023, the analysis investigates how income dynamics and trade composition ...
Ugur Korkut Pata, Mustafa Naimoglu, Selin Karlilar Pata   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Impacts of the Bioeconomy: A Systematic Review of Variables, Methods, Sectors and Policy Relevance

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy has become a component of sustainability strategies addressing climate change, resource scarcity and economic transformation. Despite a growing body of literature, evidence on the environmental impacts of the bioeconomy remains fragmented, heterogeneous and distributed across sectors and regions. This paper provides a systematic
Javier Coca, Valeria Ferreira, Laia Pié
wiley   +1 more source

Mainstreaming Sustainability and Climate Change Across Higher Education: Lessons From Ten Pioneering Universities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a critical role in preparing graduates to address the interconnected global crises of the 21st century. Despite explicit calls from UNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework (SDG 4 on quality education) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) Action
Walter Leal Filho, Tarek Ben Hassen, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Chih‐Cheng Lin, Wen‐Hong Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From short-term profitability to long-term sustainability: exploring life cycle cost in chemical processes

Cleaner Environmental Systems
As industries increasingly adopt sustainability-oriented strategies, economic assessment methods should evolve to incorporate environmental externalities and long-term system impacts.
Yuree Kwon, Yongchul Jang, Jinjoo An
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