The use of alternative building technologies as a sustainable affordable housing solution: perspectives from South Africa
Journal Article
Adetooto, J., Windapo, A., & Pomponi, F. (in press)
The use of alternative building technologies as a sustainable affordable housing solution: perspectives from South Africa. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/jedt-05-2022-0257
Purpose
This study aims to evaluate the perception of the local experts and end users on the drivers, barriers and strategies to the use of alternative building technologies (...
Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case
Journal Article
Adetooto, J., Windapo, A., Pomponi, F., Companie, F., Alade, K., & Mtya, A. (in press)
Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/jedt-06-2022-0290
Purpose
Sandbag building technologies (SBTs) have been offered as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative building technology (ABT) capable of accelerating house construc...
Barriers and opportunities of fast-growing biobased material use in buildings
Journal Article
Göswein, V., Arehart, J., Phan-huy, C., Pomponi, F., & Habert, G. (2022)
Barriers and opportunities of fast-growing biobased material use in buildings. Buildings and Cities, 3(1), 745-755. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.254
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires immediate and drastic reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A significant contributor to anthropogenic global GHG emissions i...
Wood in buildings: the right answer to the wrong question
Journal Article
Göswein, V., Arehart, J., Pittau, F., Pomponi, F., Lamb, S., Zea Escamilla, E., …Habert, G. (2022)
Wood in buildings: the right answer to the wrong question. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1078(1), 012067. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012067
Reducing the embodied emissions of materials for new construction and renovation of buildings is a key challenge for climate change mitigation around the world. However, as si...
Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100
Journal Article
Arehart, J., Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Srubar, W. (2022)
Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 186, Article 106583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106583
This study uses material flow analysis to estimate the material stocks and flows and associated upfront embodied carbon emissions for gravity building structural systems in th...
Causality between challenges, availability, and extent of use of local building materials
Journal Article
Windapo, A., Olugboyega, O., Pomponi, F., Moghayedi, A., & Emuze, F. (2022)
Causality between challenges, availability, and extent of use of local building materials. South African Journal of Science, 118(7/8), https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/9534
The promotion of sustainable practice in construction has resulted in a renewed focus on local building materials (LBMs). However, existing studies have not provided an extens...
Beyond recycling: an LCA-based decision-support tool to accelerate Scotland's transition to a circular economy
Journal Article
Salemdeeb, R., Saint, R., Pomponi, F., Pratt, K., & Lenaghan, M. (2022)
Beyond recycling: an LCA-based decision-support tool to accelerate Scotland's transition to a circular economy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 13, Article 200069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2022.200069
Resources and waste strategies have recently seen a shift in focus from weight-based recycling targets to impact-driven policies. To support this transition, numerous decision...
Special issue on Sustainable Structures: Whole-life analysis, environmental impacts, and material efficiency
Journal Article
D'Amico, B., & Pomponi, F. (2022)
Special issue on Sustainable Structures: Whole-life analysis, environmental impacts, and material efficiency. Structures, 38, 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.02.010
Environmental benefits of material-efficient design: a hybrid life cycle assessment of a plastic milk bottle
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Li, M., Saint, R., Lenzen, M., & D'Amico, B. (2022)
Environmental benefits of material-efficient design: a hybrid life cycle assessment of a plastic milk bottle. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30, 1044-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.01.028
Over a million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute, 20,000 every second. While there is agreement that single-use plastics should be phased out, records o...
Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Conference Proceeding
Weigend, R., Viero, G., Schindler, T., Guadarrama, G., & Pomponi, F. (2021)
Size matters in a Circular Economy: a practical framework applying Futures Literacy to support Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society (696-718
The Circular Economy (CE) is conceived by many as paramount to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts and resource depletion. Implementing this economic paradigm ...