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Systematic Review Historical Building Energy Retrofit Focusing on the Whole Life Cycle Assessment-A Systematic Literature Review (2025)
Journal Article
Obead, R., Khaddour, L., & D'Amico, B. (2025). Systematic Review Historical Building Energy Retrofit Focusing on the Whole Life Cycle Assessment-A Systematic Literature Review. Architecture, 5(3), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture5030049

Climate change is becoming one of humanity's major concerns. Remarkable steps are being implemented to reduce global emissions in all economic sectors, including the built environment. Historical buildings use a considerable amount of energy and prod... Read More about Systematic Review Historical Building Energy Retrofit Focusing on the Whole Life Cycle Assessment-A Systematic Literature Review.

Bamboo scrimber dowels for novel engineered wood and bamboo connections: A preliminary investigation (2025)
Journal Article
Yang, J., D'Amico, B., Yu, Z., & Aamir, K. (online). Bamboo scrimber dowels for novel engineered wood and bamboo connections: A preliminary investigation. Wood Material Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/17480272.2025.2487128

Bamboo scrimber, a bamboo fibre-based composite made from crushed bamboo fibre, has gained significant attention from researchers and manufacturers due to its exceptional mechanical performance and innovative structural design. This paper introduces... Read More about Bamboo scrimber dowels for novel engineered wood and bamboo connections: A preliminary investigation.

Net Zero Emissions Buildings, Shifting the Focus from Energy Efficient to Whole Life Carbon Emission: A Review Study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Obead, R., D'Amico, B., & Khaddour, L. (2024, April). Net Zero Emissions Buildings, Shifting the Focus from Energy Efficient to Whole Life Carbon Emission: A Review Study. Presented at Environmental Design, Material Science, and Engineering Technologies conference, Dubai, UAE

Buildings’ construction and operation are significant contributors to global world emissions. Therefore, reducing emissions in this sector is an essential step in global efforts toward a zero-emission economy. As a response to this need, much researc... Read More about Net Zero Emissions Buildings, Shifting the Focus from Energy Efficient to Whole Life Carbon Emission: A Review Study.

Advances in the use of hemp fibre in the construction/building industry (2024)
Book Chapter
Liu, C. H. J., D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (in press). Advances in the use of hemp fibre in the construction/building industry. In J. Stratton Noller (Ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of hemp. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

The embodied carbon of building materials is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Hemp is widely recognized as the most used vegetal insulation materials due to its comparable mechanical properties and much better environmental perf... Read More about Advances in the use of hemp fibre in the construction/building industry.

Impact of the Finch case on EIA and the carbon accounting space (2024)
Journal Article
Landsburgh, C., D'Amico, B., & Davies, I. (2025). Impact of the Finch case on EIA and the carbon accounting space. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 178(2), 135-140. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.24.00108

The UK Supreme Court's ruling in "R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (Appellant) v Surrey County Council and others (Respondents)" marks a pivotal moment in environmental law and greenhouse gas emission responsibility... Read More about Impact of the Finch case on EIA and the carbon accounting space.

Timber And Wood-based products (2024)
Book Chapter
D'Amico, B. (2024). Timber And Wood-based products. In F. Fu, & D. Richardson (Eds.), Structural Design of Buildings: Elemental Design (77-119). ICE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1680/sdb.95735.077

Timber has been used as a structural material for many centuries and a renewed interest in (and calls for) a greater use in construction is now observed. This has been mostly the result of an increasingly wider body of literature claiming the superio... Read More about Timber And Wood-based products.

Probabilistic inference of material quantities and embodied carbon in building structures (2024)
Journal Article
D’Amico, B., & Arehart, J. H. (2024). Probabilistic inference of material quantities and embodied carbon in building structures. Journal of Building Engineering, 94, Article 109891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109891

In an effort to minimise the carbon footprint of building structures, a range of prediction tools and methods have been recently proposed, so to enable design practitioners evaluating how their design choices ultimately affect the carbon embodied in... Read More about Probabilistic inference of material quantities and embodied carbon in building structures.

Bamboo scrimber dowel-type joints for engineered wood and bamboo structures (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, J., D'Amico, B., Zheng, Y., & khokhar, A. (2025, June). Bamboo scrimber dowel-type joints for engineered wood and bamboo structures. Paper presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2025, Brisbane, Australia

This research delves into dowel-type joints with bamboo scrimber as an innovative alternative to traditional wooden fasteners. The focus is on their application in connecting timber elements of medium density suitable for engineered wood or bamboo pr... Read More about Bamboo scrimber dowel-type joints for engineered wood and bamboo structures.

MONOPOLI: a customizable model to provide forecasts of Covid-19 infections around the world using alternative non-pharmaceutical intervention policy scenarios, human movement data, and regional demographics (2024)
Book Chapter
Arehart, C. H., Arehart, J. H., David, M. Z., D'Amico, B., Sozzi, E., Dukic, V., & Pomponi, F. (in press). MONOPOLI: a customizable model to provide forecasts of Covid-19 infections around the world using alternative non-pharmaceutical intervention policy scenarios, human movement data, and regional demographics. In B. Sriraman (Ed.), Handbook of Visual, Experimental and Computational Mathematics - Bridges through Data (1-29). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93954-0_2-1

During the global COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers, public health practitioners, medical experts, and laypersons have sought data that would enable evidence-based decisions about which interventions would be most effective at slowing the spread of SA... Read More about MONOPOLI: a customizable model to provide forecasts of Covid-19 infections around the world using alternative non-pharmaceutical intervention policy scenarios, human movement data, and regional demographics.

Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets (2023)
Book Chapter
D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (2024). Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets. In R. Azari, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277927-5

The climate change burden associated with buildings and construction is increasingly globally recognised by the many stakeholders involved. For decades there has been an unnecessary divide between the operational and embodied impacts of buildings, wi... Read More about Net zero in buildings and construction: use and misuse of carbon offsets.

The Extent to Which Hemp Insulation Materials Can Be Used in Canadian Residential Buildings (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, C. H. J., Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2023). The Extent to Which Hemp Insulation Materials Can Be Used in Canadian Residential Buildings. Sustainability, 15(19), Article 14471. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914471

The embodied carbon of building materials is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Hemp is widely acknowledged as the most used vegetal insulation in building and construction due to its comparable thermal properties and better... Read More about The Extent to Which Hemp Insulation Materials Can Be Used in Canadian Residential Buildings.

A parametric thermal analysis of refugees’ shelters using incremental design and affordable construction material (2023)
Journal Article
Eltaweel, A., Saint, R., D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (2023). A parametric thermal analysis of refugees’ shelters using incremental design and affordable construction material. Energy and Buildings, 290, Article 113110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113110

The number of people displaced by natural and human made events reached 80 million in 2020 based on the latest report by UNHCR. Emergency housing is often initially in the form of tents, which are then replaced by a more robust solution. One frequent... Read More about A parametric thermal analysis of refugees’ shelters using incremental design and affordable construction material.

Environmental impacts of upgrading gas to electric heating and cooling, considering decarbonisation of the electricity grid (2023)
Journal Article
Peukes, I. E., Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2023). Environmental impacts of upgrading gas to electric heating and cooling, considering decarbonisation of the electricity grid. Journal of Building Engineering, 68, Article 106066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106066

Rising temperatures and higher energy costs have created the imperative for Australian households to reduce energy consumption via more efficient heating and cooling systems. These energy efficient systems could lower the overall environmental impact... Read More about Environmental impacts of upgrading gas to electric heating and cooling, considering decarbonisation of the electricity grid.

Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100 (2022)
Journal Article
Arehart, J., Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Srubar, W. (2022). Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 186, Article 106583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106583

This study uses material flow analysis to estimate the material stocks and flows and associated upfront embodied carbon emissions for gravity building structural systems in the United States. Seven scenarios that align with the shared-socioeconomic p... Read More about Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100.

Environmental benefits of material-efficient design: a hybrid life cycle assessment of a plastic milk bottle (2022)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Li, M., Saint, R., Lenzen, M., & D'Amico, B. (2022). Environmental benefits of material-efficient design: a hybrid life cycle assessment of a plastic milk bottle. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30, 1044-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.01.028

Over a million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute, 20,000 every second. While there is agreement that single-use plastics should be phased out, records of plastic pollution point in the opposite direction. Until the phasing-out... Read More about Environmental benefits of material-efficient design: a hybrid life cycle assessment of a plastic milk bottle.

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.

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.