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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.

Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Cities (2023)
Book Chapter
Khaddour, L. A., Yeboah, S. K., & Dodoo, J. K. (2023). Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Cities. In M. Abraham (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. (2nd edn). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90386-8.00044-9

Population and urbanisation are main contributors of carbon emissions, energy demand, resource consumption, waste generation and climate change. Tackling climate change is the emerging challenge of cities as through the process of obtaining their nat... Read More about Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Cities.

Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions (2018)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., & Campos, L. M. (2018). Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions. In F. Pomponi, C. De Wolf, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), Embodied Carbon in Buildings (483-503). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72796-7_22

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art on embodied carbon and life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings in the context of Latin America. It reviews the current situation by assessing existing policies and initiatives ai... Read More about Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.

Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission? (2018)
Book Chapter
Mendoza Beltran, M. A., Pomponi, F., Guinée, J. B., & Heijungs, R. (2018). Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission?. In F. Pomponi, C. De Wolf, & A. Moncaster (Eds.), Embodied Carbon in Buildings (3-21). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72796-7_1

Embodied carbon assessments of buildings are not methodologically very different from the more well-known life cycle assessments (LCAs). In particular, the two also share the frequent lack of uncertainty analysis in many assessments produced by acade... Read More about Uncertainty Analysis in Embodied Carbon Assessments: What Are the Implications of Its Omission?.

Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution (2017)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017). Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution. In Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction (31-44). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50346-2_3

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.

Double-Skin Façades for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-domestic Buildings: A Life Cycle Environmental Impact Perspective (2016)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., Piroozfar, P. A. E., & Farr, E. R. P. (2016). Double-Skin Façades for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-domestic Buildings: A Life Cycle Environmental Impact Perspective. In M. Dastbaz, & C. Gorse (Eds.), Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design (59-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32646-7_6

In developed countries, existing buildings have the biggest share in the building stock. Given the age of construction, the property versus land values, and their slow replacement rate, low-carbon refurbishments are arguably one of the most sensible... Read More about Double-Skin Façades for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-domestic Buildings: A Life Cycle Environmental Impact Perspective.

Double- or Single-Skin Façades for Low-Carbon Office Refurbishments in the UK: A Comparative Case Study (2015)
Book Chapter
Pomponi, F., & Piroozfar, P. A. (2015). Double- or Single-Skin Façades for Low-Carbon Office Refurbishments in the UK: A Comparative Case Study. In A. Sayigh (Ed.), Renewable Energy in the Service of Mankind Vol I (379-389). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17777-9_34

In the UK, 75% of non-domestic buildings will still exist in 2050, and the reduction of their emissions represents a major challenge for the UK government to meet the greenhouse gases (GHG) target. There is a growing tendency towards the use of doubl... Read More about Double- or Single-Skin Façades for Low-Carbon Office Refurbishments in the UK: A Comparative Case Study.

Comparing emissions from 9 European cities and their bus fleets (2014)
Book Chapter
Nanaki, E. A., Koroneos, C. J., Rovas, D., Roset, J., Susca, T., Christensen, T. H., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Rybka, A., Kopytov, E., Heidrich, O., & Amparo López-Jiménez, P. (2014). Comparing emissions from 9 European cities and their bus fleets. In Understanding Cities: Advances in integrated assessment of urban sustainability

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