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Ancapi, F B (0) Ex ante analysis of circular built environment policy coherence. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 575–93.

Anderson, B (0) A residential emissions-based carbon levy: city and neighbourhood consequences. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 545–64.

Angel, S (0) Urban expansion: theory, evidence and practice. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 124–38.

Ann Vallis, S, Karvonen, A and Eriksson, E (0) Pandemics and the built environment: A human–building interaction typology. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 158–73.

Baker, H, Moncaster, A, Wilkinson, S J and Remøy, H (0) Demolition or retention of buildings: drivers at the masterplan scale. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 488–506.

Barrie, H, McDougall, K, Miller, K and Faulkner, D (0) The social value of public spaces in mixed-use high-rise buildings. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 669–89.

Bentlin, F (2023) The urban expansion of Berlin, 1862–1900: Hobrecht’s Plan. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 36–54.

Buchholz, M and Lützkendorf, T (0) European building passports: developments, challenges and future roles. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 902–19.

Castán Broto, V, Westman, L and Huang, P (0) How hegemonic discourses of sustainability influence urban climate action. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 973–89.

Cole, R J (0) Transition to a regenerative future: a question of time. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 457–74.

Crawley, J, Wade, F and de Wilde, M (0) Gender and the heat pump transition. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 948–64.

Croffi, J, Kroll, D, Soebarto, V, Barrie, H and McDougall, K (0) Wellbeing fostered by design: a framework for evaluating indoor environment performance. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 507–23.

Cruz-Bello, G M, Galeana-Pizaña, J M and González-Arellano, S (2023) Urban growth in peri-urban, rural and urban areas: Mexico City. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 1–16.

Czekajlo, A, Alva, J, Szeto, J, Girling, C and Kellett, R (0) Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 817–37.

de Toldi, T and Pestre, T (0) The relevance of cut-stone to strategies for low-carbon buildings. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 229–57.

• Type: Journal Article
• Keywords: building design; dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA); embodied carbon; environmental impacts; greenhouse gas mitigation; housing; industrial ecology; France;
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• URL: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.278
• Abstract:
  A systemic and configurable model for evaluating the global warming potential (GWP) of cut-stone building materials on the French market is developed and then used to benchmark performances against available low-carbon alternatives (cross-laminated timber (CLT) and slag concrete), for which ranges of GWP allocation models (regulatory and research-driven methods) are used to evaluate underlying uncertainties. Cut-stones stand out for their compliance to three key emission profile criteria in which industrial ecology roadmaps should anchor incentives for material selection: (1) a low margin of uncertainty on GWP values, (2) invariability of GWP magnitudes through time and (3) a high comparative performance with available alternatives. Assuming typically implemented load-bearing wall thicknesses (industry averages of 13, 20 and 24 cm for CLT, concretes and cut-stone, respectively) and high-probability scenarios for all materials, cut-stone assemblies are shown to be 1.43 and 2.73 times less impactful (GWP₁₀₀) than CLT and slag concrete, respectively. Potential impacts of industrial applications at the parc scale are studied, showing that implementing cut-stone instead of concrete walls on 30% of new French collective housing projects over the 2025–50 period would result in a 2.77 Mt CO₂e decrease in the embodied emissions of the parc, against 0.43 for slag concrete and 1.18 for CLT (high-probability). To ensure rapid implementation and tangible climate benefits, industrial roadmaps for transitioning away from carbon-intensive construction practices require swiftly deployable solutions (minimal research and development prerequisites, and the ability to leverage existing workforce in the construction sector) relying on secure supplies (domestically sourced materials, without intersectoral competition), and with high carbon and biodiversity performances readily monitored and ensured (localised low-impact sourcing with high extraction rates). With the potential resource and capabilities to specify and use cut-stone in buildings (i.e. widely available limestone deposits; a rich tradition of industrial know-how for the equipment and mechanisation of quarries for mass production; and industry average building typologies (four-storey height) suitable for masonry design), its use could be part of an overall strategy to reduce embodied emissions of buildings and meet France’s climate mitigation targets.

Dissart, J and Ricaurte, L (0) Assessing social value in housing design: contributions of the capability approach. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 867–82.

Duggan, G P, Bauleo, P, Authier, M, Aloise-young, P A, Care, J and Zimmerle, D (0) Electricity consumption in commercial buildings during Covid-19. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 851–66.

Ehrhardt, D, Behnisch, M, Jehling, M and Michaeli, M (0) Mapping soft densification: a geospatial approach for identifying residential infill potentials. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 193–211.

Evans, S, Godoy-Shimizu, D, Steadman, P, Amrith, S, Humphrey, D and Ruyssevelt, P (0) Getting to net zero: Islington’s social housing stock. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 524–44.

Eyre, N, Fawcett, T, Topouzi, M, Killip, G, Oreszczyn, T, Jenkinson, K and Rosenow, J (0) Fabric first: is it still the right approach?. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 965–72.

Gunawardena, K and Steemers, K (2023) Assessing the influence of neighbourhood-scale vertical greening application. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 103–23.

Henriksen, H M (0) From science to sales: changing representations of zero emission housing. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 594–611.

Hugo, J M (2023) Heat stress: adaptation measures in South African informal settlements. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 55–73.

Huuhka, S (0) Understanding demolition. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 927–37.

Huuhka, S, Moisio, M, Salmio, E, Köliö, A and Lahdensivu, J (0) Renovate or replace? Consequential replacement LCA framework for buildings. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 212–28.

Jonker-Hoffrén, P (0) Policy tensions in demolition: Dutch social housing and circularity. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 405–21.

Karvonen, A and Hargreaves, T (0) Data politics in the built environment. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 920–6.

Kretzschmar, D and Schiller, G (0) Non-domestic building stock: linking dynamics and spatial distributions. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 727–48.

Kuittinen, M (0) Building within planetary boundaries: moving construction to stewardship. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 565–74.

Legeby, A and Pech, C (0) Social values and social infrastructures: a multi-perspective approach to place. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 801–16.

Lu, Y, Girling, C, Martino, N, Kim, J, Kellett, R and Salter, J (2023) Climate action at the neighbourhood scale: Comparing municipal future scenarios. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 83–102.

Lundgren, R (0) Social life cycle assessment of adaptive reuse. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 334–51.

Malmqvist, T and Brismark, J (0) Embodied carbon savings of co-living and implications for metrics. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 386–404.

Mello Rose, F and Chang, J (0) Urban data: harnessing subjective sociocultural data from local newspapers. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 369–85.

Molina, G, Donn, M, Johnstone, M and MacGregor, C (0) The feeling of comfort in residential settings I: a qualitative model. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 422–40.

Molina, G, Donn, M, Johnstone, M and MacGregor, C (0) The feeling of comfort in residential settings II: a quantitative model. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 441–56.

Ness, D A (0) Technological efficiency limitations to climate mitigation: why sufficiency is necessary. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 139–57.

Pagani, A, Christie, D, Bourdon, V, Gago, C w, Joost, S, Licina, D, Lerch, M, Rozenblat, C, Guessous, I and Viganò, P (0) Housing, street and health: a new systemic research framework. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 629–49.

Parkinson, T, Schiavon, S, Kim, J and Betti, G (2023) Common sources of occupant dissatisfaction with workspace environments in 600 office buildings. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 17–35.

Pickett, S T A, Grove, J M, Boone, C G and Buckley, G L (0) Resilience of racialized segregation is an ecological factor: Baltimore case study. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 783–800.

Raiden, A and King, A (0) Added value and numerical measurement of social value: a critical enquiry. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 767–82.

Sailer, K, Thomas, M and Pachilova, R (0) The challenges of hybrid work: an architectural sociology perspective. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 650–68.

Samuel, F and Watson, K (0) Social value of the built environment. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 938–47.

Sareen, S, Smith, A, Gantioler, S, Balest, J, Brisbois, M C, Tomasi, S, Sovacool, B, Torres Contreras, G A, DellaValle, N and Haarstad, H (0) Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 612–28.

Selçuk Çıdık, M (0) Politics of social value in the built environment. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 475–87.

Serhiiuk, I and Kalakoski, I (0) Demolition or adaptation?: post-industrial buildings in Ukraine. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 352–68.

Sharma, N K, Hargreaves, T and Pallett, H (0) Social justice implications of smart urban technologies: an intersectional approach. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 315–33.

Simon, S and O’Brien, W (0) Pilot study to measure the energy and carbon impacts of teleworking. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 174–92.

Skoura, A and Madden, A (0) Assessing the social values of historic shopping arcades: building biographies. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 690–707.

Slater, K R and Robinson, J B (2023) Transformational climate actions by cities. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 74–82.

Taylor, J, Salmela, A, Täubel, M, Heimlander, A, Karvonen, A M, Pakkala, T, Lahdensivu, J and Pekkanen, J (0) Risk factors for moisture damage presence and severity in Finnish homes. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 708–26.

Tozer, L, Macrae, H and Smit, E (0) Achieving deep-energy retrofits for households in energy poverty. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 258–73.

Troje, D (0) Improving social value through facilities management: Swedish housing companies. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 749–66.

van den Berg, M, Hulsbeek, L and Voordijk, H (0) Decision-support for selecting demolition waste management strategies. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 883–901.

White, J and Larsson, S (0) Disruptive data: historicising the platformisation of Dublin’s taxi industry. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 838–50.

Zhang, Z and Lee, J D (0) Decision-making analysis for Pittsburgh’s deconstruction pilot using AHP and GIS. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 292–314.

Zimmermann, R K, Barjot, Z, Rasmussen, F N, Malmqvist, T, Kuittinen, M and Birgisdottir, H (0) GHG emissions from building renovation versus new-build: incentives from assessment methods. Buildings and Cities, 4(01), 274–91.