Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest.
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Scrutinising embodied carbon in buildings: the next performance gap made manifest. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.049
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is becoming increasingly mainstream as an early-stage design-decision tool for buildings. Still, there are considerable variations in how the metho...
Bio inspired design: when sun and wind are there to help
Presentation / Conference
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L. & Moncaster, A. (2017, June)
Bio inspired design: when sun and wind are there to help. Paper presented at 23rd International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Bogota', Colombia
Colombia is increasingly acknowledging the role that bioclimatic design of buildings can play within both environmental sustainability — through reductions in energy consumpti...
A Method to Facilitate Uncertainty Analysis in LCAs of Buildings
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Moncaster, A. M. (2017)
A Method to Facilitate Uncertainty Analysis in LCAs of Buildings. Energies, 10(4), 524. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10040524
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly becoming a common technique to assess the embodied energy and carbon of buildings and their components over their life cycle. Howev...
On The Intrinsic Flexibility of the Double Skin Façade: A Comparative Thermal Comfort Investigation in Tropical and Temperate Climates
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Barbosa, S., & Piroozfar, P. A. (2017)
On The Intrinsic Flexibility of the Double Skin Façade: A Comparative Thermal Comfort Investigation in Tropical and Temperate Climates. Energy Procedia, 111, 530-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.215
Double Skin Façades (DSFs) are applied in both new and existing buildings, and most of such applications are found in temperate climates. Although research in this area is gro...
A method for visualising embodied and whole life carbon of buildings
Book
Pomponi, F. & Moncaster, A. (2017)
A method for visualising embodied and whole life carbon of buildings. In Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart ConstructionSpringer Verlag. ISBN 978-3319503455
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Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution
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 o...
Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice
Journal Article
De Wolf, C., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice. Energy and Buildings, 140, 68-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.075
Lowering the embodied carbon dioxide equivalent (embodied CO2e) of buildings is an essential response to national and global targets for carbon reduction. Globally, constructi...
Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region
Book
Mifsud, L., Pomponi, F. & Moncaster, A. (2016)
Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region. In Engineered Transparency 2016: Glass in Architecture and Structural EngineerinWiley. ISBN 978-3-433-03187-2
No abstract available.
Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017)
Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143(1), 710-718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.055
The built environment puts major pressure on the natural environment; its role in transitioning to a circular economy (CE) is therefore fundamental. However, current CE resear...
Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region
Conference Proceeding
Mifsud, L., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2016)
Comparative energy and comfort analysis of façade passive strategies for cooling loads reduction in the Mediterranean region. In Proceedings of the 2016 Engineered Transparency Conference
No abstract available.