Sustainable Construction Technologies. Life-Cycle Assessment

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Current Management Approach 3. Management 4. Indoor environmental quality 5. Life Cycle Energy Consumption of Buildings; Embodied + Operational 6. Energy: Current Approach 7. Sustainable Procurement and Transport of Construction Materials 8. Sustainable Water Use in Construction 9. Materials 10. Emissions 11. Sustainable Construction Technology Adoption 12. Lean Principles in Construction 13. BIM-Enabled Sustainable Housing Refurbishment-LCA Case Study 14. Bridging Sustainable Construction Technologies and Heritage: Novel Approach to the Conservation of the Built Environment 15. Conclusions

Authors

Vivian Y. Tam Associate Professor, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Australia. School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, Australia Khoa N. Le Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Australia. Associate Professor Khoa N. Le received his Ph.D. in October 2002 from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. From April 2003 to June 2009, He was a Lecturer at Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, Griffith School of Engineering. From January to July 2008, he was a visiting professor at Intelligence Signal Processing Laboratory, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. From January 2009 to February 2009, he was a visiting professor at the Wireless Communication Centre, University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. He is currently Associate Professor at School of Computing, Engineering, and Mathematics, Kingswood, Western Sydney University. His research interests are in wireless communications with applications to structural, construction management problems, image processing and wavelet theory. Since 2003, Associate Professor Le has been an Editor of Journal on Computer Networks and Communications, Hindawi Publishing. Associate Professor Le has also been a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on "polarization in wireless communications” for Physical Communication, Elsevier, 2012. Since 2018, Associate Professor Le has been an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IET Signal Processing. Associate Professor Le has been Bayu Chair Professor, Chongqing University Science of Technology, 2020-2022.