Outputs (11)

Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weigend, R., Viero, G., Schindler, T., Guadarrama, G., & Pomponi, F. (2021, July). Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). Presented at ISDRS 2021: The 27nd International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Östersund, Sweden

The Circular Economy (CE) is conceived by many as paramount to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts and resource depletion. Implementing this economic paradigm in the private sector is challenging, as it requires substantial changes at... Read More about Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Life cycle assessment of 61 ducted gas heating upgrades in Australia (2021)
Journal Article
Peukes, I., Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2023). Life cycle assessment of 61 ducted gas heating upgrades in Australia. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(1), 143-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2021-0052

Operational energy use in buildings, accounts for 28% of global energy demand. One method to reduce operational energy is upgrading old appliances to more efficient ones. In Australia, the most common residential heating type is reverse-cycle heating... Read More about Life cycle assessment of 61 ducted gas heating upgrades in Australia.

Enhancing the practicality of tools to estimate the whole life embodied carbon of building structures via machine-learning models (2021)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Luque Anguita, M., Lange, M., D'Amico, B., & Hart, E. (2021). Enhancing the practicality of tools to estimate the whole life embodied carbon of building structures via machine-learning models. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Article 745598. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.745598

The construction and operation of buildings account for significant environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy demand, resource consumption and waste generation. While the operation of buildings is fairly well regulated a... Read More about Enhancing the practicality of tools to estimate the whole life embodied carbon of building structures via machine-learning models.

Decoupling density from tallness in analysing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of cities (2021)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Saint, R., Arehart, J. H., Gharavi, N., & D'Amico, B. (2021). Decoupling density from tallness in analysing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of cities. npj Urban Sustainability, 1(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00034-w

The UN estimate 2.5 billion new urban residents by 2050, thus further increasing global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and energy demand, and the environmental impacts caused by the built environment. Achieving optimal use of space and maximal effi... Read More about Decoupling density from tallness in analysing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of cities.

Emissions assessment of bike sharing schemes: The case of Just Eat Cycles in Edinburgh, UK (2021)
Journal Article
D’Almeida, L., Rye, T., & Pomponi, F. (2021). Emissions assessment of bike sharing schemes: The case of Just Eat Cycles in Edinburgh, UK. Sustainable Cities and Society, 71, Article 103012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103012

Transport accounts for 40 % of global emissions, 72 % of which comes from road transport, and private cars are responsible for 60 % of road transport emissions. In cities, self-service bike sharing systems are quickly developing and are intended to o... Read More about Emissions assessment of bike sharing schemes: The case of Just Eat Cycles in Edinburgh, UK.

Whole-life embodied carbon in multi-storey buildings: steel, concrete and timber structures (2021)
Journal Article
Hart, J., D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (2021). Whole-life embodied carbon in multi-storey buildings: steel, concrete and timber structures. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 25(2), 403-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13139

Buildings and the construction industry are top contributors to climate change, and structures account for the largest share of the upfront greenhouse gas emissions. Whilst a body of research exists into such emissions, a systematic comparison of mul... Read More about Whole-life embodied carbon in multi-storey buildings: steel, concrete and timber structures.

A New Estimate of Building Floor Space in North America (2021)
Journal Article
Arehart, J. H., Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Srubar III, W. V. (2021). A New Estimate of Building Floor Space in North America. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(8), 5161-5170. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05081

Floor space is a key variable used to understand the energy and material demands of buildings. Using recent datasets of building footprints, we employ a random forest regression model to estimate the floor space of the North American building stock.... Read More about A New Estimate of Building Floor Space in North America.

The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy – Life cycle assessment of a European pressurised reactor (2021)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Hart, J. (2021). The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy – Life cycle assessment of a European pressurised reactor. Applied Energy, 290, Article 116743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116743

Nuclear energy contributes ~10% of the global electricity generation and different views exist on its carbon-intensity and sustainability. Context is crucial to determine the sustainability of new nuclear power generators, making the existence of a g... Read More about The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy – Life cycle assessment of a European pressurised reactor.

A circular economy: where will it take us? (2021)
Journal Article
Hart, J., & Pomponi, F. (2021). A circular economy: where will it take us?. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1(1), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00013-4

The avalanche of environmental challenges, from local to global and back, has prompted responses at all levels from personal to inter-governmental. The results of these responses have fallen in the range between useful and counterproductive, with man... Read More about A circular economy: where will it take us?.

Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Built Environment (2021)
Journal Article
Arehart, J. H., Hart, J., Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2021). Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Built Environment. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 1047-1063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.02.028

The increasing interest in bio-based construction materials has resulted in the emergence of the concept of “buildings as a carbon sink”. Quantifying and comparing the effects of carbon sequestration and storage in buildings from a life cycle perspec... Read More about Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Built Environment.