CSBE news, Urban sustainability
Rapid growth of urban construction threatens global climate targets. Cities have a lot of influence over what gets built and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts. However, cities across the globe have largely overlooked the challenge of reducing...
CSBE news, Embodied GHG, Urban sustainability
Most research on the environmental impact of buildings focuses on new construction, but growing interest in the circular economy has shown that renovating existing buildings can also be a valuable way to provide additional housing while maximizing the use of existing...
Building attribute, Building form, CSBE news, Machine learning, Urban sustainability
This study estimates building attributes—floor area and age—using image-based machine learning. Building age and floor area are key inputs to the studies of urban metabolism, material stocks and flows, and embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the built environment....
