Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 13 Issue 2

Editorial: Breaking the mold, circular construction for a greener and more efficient built environment

Sergio Rodriguez Trejo, Mina Najafi, Farzad Rahimian

Exploring UAE's transition towards circular economy through construction and demolition waste management in the pre-construction stage–A case study approach

Peng Nie, Kalani C. Dahanayake, Nipuni Sumanarathna

This paper aims to explore UAE's transition towards circular economy (CE) through construction and demolition waste (CDW) management in the pre-construction stage. The extent of…

Employing criteria scoring matrix in appraising the economic return of transcending to a circular built environment

A.M.D.S. Atapattu, Chandanie Hadiwattage, B.A.K.S. Perera, Dilakshan Rajaratnam

The circular economy concept emerged as the resolution to the destructive linear economy practices. Nevertheless, the transition to a circular built environment is hindered due to…

Factors influencing the intention to adopt green construction: an application of the theory of planned behaviour

Patience Tunji-Olayeni, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu, Timothy Oluwafemi Ayodele

The aim of this paper is to assess the behavioural factors that influence professionals' intention to adopt green construction based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB).

Socio-economic disparities in greenspace quality: insights from the city of Melbourne

Ali Ghanem, Ruwini Edirisinghe

This paper takes a prudent approach to assessing the quality of greenspace in low- and high socio-economic status (SES) settings. Socio-economic data from deprivation indexes were…

Implementing enterprise resource planning for lean waste minimisation: challenges and proposed strategies

W.A. Rasanjali, A.P.K.D. Mendis, B.A.K.S. Perera, Vijitha Disaratna

In a conventional sense, information technology has frequently been considered a source of Lean waste management. However, as the corporate world evolves, new models that provide…

System-wide construction waste and their connectivity to construction phases, impacting 5M factors and effects: a systematic review

Mahesh Babu Purushothaman, Jeff Seadon

This review paper, using a systematic literature review (SLR) approach, aims to unravel the various system-wide waste in the construction industry and highlight the connectivity…

Circular economy in action: the application of products with recycled content in construction projects – a multiple case study approach

Salman Shooshtarian, Tayyab Maqsood, Peter S.P. Wong, Savindi Caldera, Tim Ryley, Atiq Zaman, Ana María Cáceres Ruiz

The utilisation of products with recycled content (PwRC) in construction projects has been identified as a targeted way to achieve sustainable management of construction and…

Developing a sustainable self-compacting geopolymer concrete with 100% geopolymer-coated recycled concrete aggregate replacement

Bahareh Nikmehr, Bidur Kafle, Riyadh Al-Ameri

Concrete, the second most used material in the world, surpassed only by water, relies on a vast amount of cement. The process of cement production emits substantial amounts of…

Sustainability concepts in global high-rise residential buildings: a scientometric and systematic review

Edmond Wai-Ming Lam, Albert P.C. Chan, Timothy O. Olawumi, Irene Wong, Kayode Olatunji Kazeem

Sustainability has been the subject of several scientific investigations. Many researchers in the construction industry have also examined a range of sustainability-related…

Urban resilience and sustainability through and beyond crisis – evidence-based analysis and lessons learned from selected European cities

Ashraf M. Salama, Madhavi P. Patil, Laura MacLean

Despite striving for resilience and a sustainable urban future, European cities face a multitude of crisis caused by both natural and human-induced risks. This paper asks two key…