CSBE news, Urban sustainability
Pre-print (pre–peer review) version of the manuscript, available online: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5251970Rapid growth of urban construction threatens global climate targets. Cities have a lot of influence over what gets built and the associated greenhouse gas (GHG)...
CSBE news, Embodied GHG, Urban sustainability
Pre-print: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5248436 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...
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....
