GX & Decarbonization Research

Samuel Ayeni, Abubakar Halidu, Chichebe Victoria Maurice Uwanaka +4

Decarbonizing construction requires whole-life carbon accounting beyond operational energy. This critical review interrogates evidence for sustainable materials and circular strategies, finding that claimed benefits often rely on lab-scale …

Wei Shan, Xiaobin Jin, Hanbing Li +5

This review maps the evolution of research on carbon effects of land consolidation (LC) using bibliometric analysis and synthesis of 355 records. It identifies a shift from component-based assessments to life-cycle accounting, ecosystem-ser…

Peiyu Xu, Xiaoxiao Xu

This study evaluates the cradle-to-operation net carbon performance of engineered bamboo buildings across 270 Chinese cities. It highlights bamboo as a renewable construction material with carbon storage potential, contributing to low-carbo…

Lina Lechani, Franck Verdonk, Daisy Daigné +6

A prospective study in a French university hospital compared carbon footprints of inhalation anesthesia, TIVA, and spinal anesthesia for operative hysteroscopy. Spinal anesthesia had the lowest emissions, TIVA was the lowest-carbon general …

Usman Abdulrasheed

This study assesses the carbon footprint of Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Education textbook procurement cycle using a gate-to-gate ELCA following ISO 14040/14044. Total emissions were 24,852 kgCO2e, with paper consumption dominating (59.9%…

Rick Hagenaars, Arjan de Koning, Reinout Heijungs +2

Drug-level carbon footprints vary significantly across countries, but data scarcity hinders estimation. This paper develops a hybrid LCA framework combining drug-level inventories with international trade statistics and uncertainty assessme…

Charles Gamble, Pushkar Joshi, Preetham Kodumuri

This single-centre study compares theatre-based carbon footprints of five common orthopaedic trauma procedures, finding emissions range from 33.3 to 49.8 kgCO2e per procedure. Consumables account for 34% of emissions, with single-use gowns …

Chatchai Pathumarak

This paper reports the development of a carbon footprint assessment platform for industrial parks in Thailand. It aims to visualize emissions at the park level and support corporate decarbonization. Specific methods and results are unclear …

Abhijit Kumar, S. Sanjay Prabhu

This paper compares the carbon footprints of desflurane and sevoflurane in Indian healthcare settings, emphasizing the need for contextualized assessment. It contributes to decarbonization efforts in the medical sector.

Bahaaaldeen M. Abdulhadi

This paper proposes the Carbon-Driven Decision Gates framework, embedding embodied carbon accounting into construction project stage-gate governance. It redefines project gates as carbon control points with budgets, thresholds, and accounta…

Enoch Ofosu, Kevin Bradley Dsouza, Daniel Chukwuemeka Amaogu +8

Canada's large-scale afforestation is central to its climate commitments, but current carbon accounting ignores surface heat absorption and wildfire vulnerability, risking weak or unstable cooling. Long-term modeling shows mixed-species for…

Nadia Cerone, Luca Contuzzi, Giuseppe Domenico Zito +3

This study conducts a cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of biochar produced from agricultural wood waste via pyro-gasification. Comparing a basic scenario with one that recovers heat, the authors find a Global Warming Potential (G…

Abdi Gemechu Geleta, Lijalem Hailu, Obsa Asefa +3

This study compares natural forest and semi-forest coffee systems in western Ethiopia, assessing the impact of traditional coffee management on forest structure and carbon storage. Natural forest had higher species diversity and carbon stoc…

Xi Pan, Xiong Duan, Yu Yu +2

This dataset supports analysis of carbon storage dynamics in southern Sichuan, China, using Sentinel-2 imagery and machine learning for land use classification, InVEST for carbon simulation, SSP scenarios for future projections, and SHAP fo…

Carles Vergara-Alert, Alex Melendez-Ramos

This study exploits the June 2022 methodology revision for non-domestic EPCs in England and Wales as a natural experiment, showing that grid decarbonisation can improve carbon-weighted ratings without building improvements. 80.5% of reasses…

Yating Zhang, Dustin T. Cook, S. Sattar +3

This paper proposes a hybrid method combining unit process analysis and economic input-output analysis to quantify embodied carbon emissions from post-earthquake building repair and functional loss. It accounts for repair materials, transpo…

Thu Hang Ha, Lan Hoang Nguyen, Q. H. Nguyen +3

This paper presents SmartGHG, an Excel-VBA tool for automating Scope 1 and 2 GHG emission calculations at Vietnamese thermal power plants, aligned with Circular 38/2023/TT-BCT and Decision 2626/QĐ-BTNMT. It integrates national emission fact…

Yihan Qiao

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of carbon emission intensity on firm value using panel data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2003 to 2021. The results show that carbon emission intensity has a significant negative effect …

Eteyen Ezekiel Akpan

This study examines how carbon accounting disclosures affect the firm value (market capitalization) of listed conglomerate firms in Nigeria using panel data from 2016 to 2025. It finds that disclosures on carbon emissions, reduction strateg…

Jiao Xie, Chi Zhang, Yuhang Long +6

This review systematically analyzes carbon emissions across the pavement life cycle, distinguishing system boundaries and vehicle-related emissions. Raw material production and use phase dominate emissions, with cement materials contributin…