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Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Weigend, R., Viero, G., Schindler, T., Guadarrama, G., & Pomponi, F. (2021). Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society (696-718)

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).

Comparison of the environmental assessment of an identical office building with national methods (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Frischknecht, R., Birgisdottir, H., Chae, C., Lützkendorf, T., Passer, A., Alsema, E., …Yang, W. Comparison of the environmental assessment of an identical office building with national methods. In SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT D-A-CH CONFERENCE 2019 (SBE19 Graz) 11–14 September 2019, Graz, Austria. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/323/1/012037

The IEA EBC Annex 72 focuses on the assessment of the primary energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of buildings during production, construction, use (including repair and replacement) and end of life (dismantling), i.e. d... Read More about Comparison of the environmental assessment of an identical office building with national methods.

Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L., Moncaster, A., & Smith, S. (2017). Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation. In PLEA Conference Proceedings Volume III

Colegio Rochester is school in Colombia with a strong vision for sustainability. This vision permeates the new school building which was the first school in Latin America to be awarded a LEED Gold certification. This article uses Colegio Rochester as... Read More about Bringing pupils into building energy performance: school design, construction and operation.

Transforming challenges into opportunities in social housing: a case study from Italy (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, L., Sablone, E., Rusconi Clerici, L., Consalez, L., & Pomponi, F. (2017). Transforming challenges into opportunities in social housing: a case study from Italy. In L. Brotas, S. Roaf, & F. Nicol (Eds.), PLEA Conference Proceedings Volume III

Social housing often aims to provide sheltering for people on low incomes or with particular needs. This results in a constraints-dominated context where environmental and social sustainability find little room. Neglecting environmental and social is... Read More about Transforming challenges into opportunities in social housing: a case study from Italy.

Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., & Inzitari, G. (2017). Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures. In PLEA Conference Proceedings

The foundations of biomimicry lie with the idea that Nature can inspire solutions to complex human problems. Biomimicry in Architecture is a rapidly growing field which also echoes the new paradigm of a circular economy. Recent applications of biomim... Read More about Zooming in on biomimicry: the potential of tensegrity structures.

Benefits and Challenges of Visualising Embodied and Whole Life Carbon of Buildings (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Benefits and Challenges of Visualising Embodied and Whole Life Carbon of Buildings.

Embodied and whole life carbon of buildings are increasingly gaining attention However, embodied carbon calculation is still far from being common practice for sustainability assessment of buildings. Some of its greatest difficulties lie with the lon... Read More about Benefits and Challenges of Visualising Embodied and Whole Life Carbon of Buildings.

Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution. In Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2016: Conference Proceedings

Circular economy is quickly gaining momentum across numerous research fields. The founding principles of circular economies lie in a different perspective on, and management of, resources under the idea that an ever-growing economic development and p... Read More about Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution.

Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: A Research Agenda (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: A Research Agenda.

In spite of significant global efforts, the International Energy Agency suggests that buildings-related emissions are on track to double by 2050. Whilst operational energy efficiency continues to receive significant attention by researchers, a less w... Read More about Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: A Research Agenda.

Double Skin Façades: Life Cycle Study of a Versatile Technology for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-Domestic Buildings (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Double Skin Façades: Life Cycle Study of a Versatile Technology for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-Domestic Buildings. In Proceedings of the CESB16

Nearly half of the non-domestic building stock in central Europe was constructed between 1961-1 990. Partly due to the technical lifespan of façades and building components, most of these buildings are characterised by high energy consumption and the... Read More about Double Skin Façades: Life Cycle Study of a Versatile Technology for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-Domestic Buildings.

Buildings for the biosphere (and their indoors for the technosphere) - A circular economy view for the construction industry (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Buildings for the biosphere (and their indoors for the technosphere) - A circular economy view for the construction industry.

One of the founding principles of the Circular Economy is to foster the focus on longer-lasting products. Arguably, extremely few products in the present days last as long as buildings do, yet even so only rarely does the actual end of a building’s l... Read More about Buildings for the biosphere (and their indoors for the technosphere) - A circular economy view for the construction industry.

Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Piroozfar, P., & Moncaster, A. (2016). Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values.

Industrial ecology can potentially become the science of the circular economy as a recent call for papers of the Journal of Industrial Ecology demonstrates. Well known tools in industrial ecology can be employed to analyse different dimensions of the... Read More about Shortcomings of LCA current practice: the risk of mean values.

The cultural dimension of industrial ecology education: success story of a sustainable integrated curriculum in Chía, Colombia (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L., & Moncaster, A. (2016). The cultural dimension of industrial ecology education: success story of a sustainable integrated curriculum in Chía, Colombia.

Industrial ecology higher education courses and degrees are gaining momentum across the world. However, much can also be done at earlier educational stages to create future generations for which industrial ecology will be an embedded and natural conc... Read More about The cultural dimension of industrial ecology education: success story of a sustainable integrated curriculum in Chía, Colombia.

Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Ip, K., Oxizidis, S., & Piroozfar, P. (2014). Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates.

Double skin facades (DSFs) are gaining momentum in Europe as a low-energy design technique for the refurbishments of office buildings due to their potential to act as a thermal buffer in winter and maximise the use of natural ventilation in... Read More about Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates.

A method to evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts of double skin facades in refurbishments (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pomponi, F., Ip, K., & Oxizidis, S. (2014). A method to evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts of double skin facades in refurbishments.

Refurbishment of existing buildings represents a major challenge for the UK Government to meet the greenhouse gases (GHG) target. Double Skin Façades are one possible solution for low-carbon façade retrofit of existing non-domestic buildings. Availab... Read More about A method to evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts of double skin facades in refurbishments.