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What happened to the Industrial Ecologist alumni? A survey of occupations, activities, competences and skills

A Framework for User Centric LCA Tool Development for Early Planning Stages of Buildings

As the high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the construction and real estate sector receive more attention, more and more countries include an environmental assessment of buildings based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in their building …

A healthy office and healthy employees: a longitudinal case study with a salutogenic perspective in the context of the physical office environment

This two-wave study (time lag of six months and two years post-relocation) investigated ways in which employees’ perceptions of the office environment relate to their perceived health in the long term, drawing on the salutogenic approach to health …

A scalable data collection, characterization, and accounting framework for urban material stocks

Actors’ Network Analysis and Bi-Directional Value Exchange Matrix Development for Living Labs: KTH Live-In-Lab Case Study

In the scientific literature and in practice, quite a lot of attention is paidto the actors’ network analysis in living labs. Still, there is a lack of studies onvalue exchange between different actors in living laboratories. This study selectedthe …

Best practice reporting guideline for building stock energy models

Buildings are responsible for 38% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, therefore, pathways to reduce their impact are crucial to achieve climate targets. Building stock energy models (BSEMs) have long been used as a tool to assess the …

BIM-based LCSA application in early design stages using IFC

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is an integrated method that combines environmental, economic, and social assessments. Its methodological development remains under discussion, mainly regarding the building design. This paper aims to …

Bio-based materials as a robust solution for building renovation: A case study

Boosting building renovation is urgently needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Building retrofit can be achieved by energy-efficient measures such as thermal insulation or replacement of a fossil heating system. Currently, conventional …

End-user activity-based service design in the built environment context :

Huvudsyftet med denna avhandling är att kommunicera motiv, process och resultat från detta forskningsprojekt som fokuserat på att utforska ämnet Slutanvändaraktiviteter i byggd miljö med tjänstedesign som metodikbas. För att kunna genomföra studien …

Healthy Offices: Conceptualizing Healthy Activity-based Offices

This thesis explores the interrelations between the design characteristics of activity-based offices, users’ perceptions of them, and users’ sense of coherence. The goal is twofold: (i) contribute to conceptualizations of healthy activity-based …