Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions
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). Cham: 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 revi...
Double-Skin Façades for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Non-domestic Buildings: A Life Cycle Environmental Impact Perspective
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 replace...
Double- or Single-Skin Façades for Low-Carbon Office Refurbishments in the UK: A Comparative Case Study
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 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 greenhou...