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IIASA

Laxenburg, Austria

Type: research institute
City: Laxenburg
Country: Austria
Website: iiasa.ac.at

News & events

Publication03 November 2026

How much carbon wood and biochar could store, in Environmental Research Letters
New work led by IIASA on what bio-based construction could hold to 2100, and why sufficiency and circularity decide whether the material switch is feasible at all.
Publication18 September 2026

Context-specific emissions pathways for EU buildings, in Nature Communications
New work with KU Leuven, TU Graz and IIASA on what different decarbonisation pathways mean for the European building stock to 2050.

Projects we do together

2022–2025European Commission DG GROW

Analysis of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals of EU Buildings and Construction
Quantified the baseline and the plausible futures for emissions and removals across the EU building stock to 2050.

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Publications

Context-specific life cycle emissions pathways for EU buildings and construction
Alaux N, Bechstedt N, Zhong X, Mastrucci A, Ramon D, Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Allacker K, Passer A, Röck M

Nature Communications, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73433-1
Biogenic carbon dioxide storage and mineral carbonation uptake in EU buildings
Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Alaux N, Ramon D, Popek S, Potrč Obrecht T, Kockat J, Zhong X, Mastrucci A, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Allacker K, Passer A, Röck M

Journal of Environmental Management, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129794
Harmonised database on materials, energy flows and environmental impacts for building archetypes representing the EU27 building stock
Ramon D, Pristerà G, Verhaeghe R, Dalla Valle A, Giorgi S, Alaux N, Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Bechstedt N, Potrč Obrecht T, Van de moortel E, Adams N, Mouton L, Zhang X, Mastrucci A, Hoxha E, Lavagna M, Passer A, Allacker K, Röck M

KU Leuven RDR, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48804/VXJUEW
Analysis of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of EU buildings and construction - analysis of results and implications
Stocker M, Zink V, Marton C, Steinmann J, Toth Z, Graaf L, Koronen C, Alaux N, Röck M

European Commission DG GROW, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025. https://doi.org/10.2873/2247112
Whole-life greenhouse gas emission reduction and removal strategies for buildings
Alaux N, Marten C, Steinman J, Maierhofer D, Mastrucci A, Petrou D, Potrč Obrecht T, Ramon D, Le Den X, Allacker K, Passer A, Röck M

Journal of Environmental Management, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122915

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