In a bid to reconcile the construction industry’s substantial environmental footprint with its pivotal role in economic growth, researchers have turned to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a strategic tool to quantify and mitigate environmental impacts.
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In the heart of Italy, a small municipality named Caivano is quietly making waves in the construction industry, offering a compelling case study that could reshape how we approach building demolition and redevelopment. The research, led by Daniela Me
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In the heart of Montréal, a groundbreaking study is reshaping how we think about construction waste and the circular economy. Rafaela Orenga Panizza, a researcher from Concordia University’s Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineerin
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In the heart of South Africa’s burgeoning construction sector, a pressing question looms: why aren’t more buildings embracing the promise of energy efficiency through building automation systems (BAS)? A recent study published in the *Journal of Cons
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In the quest for sustainable construction materials, researchers are turning to the nanoscale to revolutionize concrete. A recent study published in the *BIO Web of Conferences* (or *Conference Proceedings on Biology and Life Sciences* in English) ex
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In the heart of Baotou, China, a team of researchers from the Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology and the Engineering Technology Research Center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Building Structure Disaster Prevention and Mitigat
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In the heart of Egypt’s bustling construction sector, a significant shift is on the horizon, one that could redefine how the industry manages waste and embraces sustainability. A recent study, published in the open-access journal ‘PLoS ONE’ (which tr
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In the quest for sustainability, the construction and demolition sector faces a formidable challenge: transitioning to a circular economy. A recent study published in the journal *PLoS ONE* (which translates to “Journal of Open Science”) sheds light
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In a world grappling with waste management and environmental sustainability, a beacon of hope emerges from the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Aleksandar Mitrašinović, leading a groundbreaking study, has s
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In the quest for sustainable construction, a new systematic review published in the *Journal of Project Management* (translated from Persian as “مجله مدیریت پروژه”) offers a roadmap for the construction industry to align with the United Nations’ Sust
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