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Peer-reviewed research, reports and open datasets from the RISE team and our collaborations.

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Journal articles

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
Towards an information landscape fit for environmental policy in the built environment
Shaw C, de Andrade Pereira F, Farghaly K, Röck M, Roberts M, O'Donnell J

Environmental Science & Policy, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104362
Carbon storage and mitigation potential of structural wood and biochar-based concrete in global urban building scenarios
Mastrucci A, Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Zhong X, Alaux N, Creutzig F, Maczek F, Quade M, Röck M, Sheng D, Gidden MJ, van Ruijven B

Environmental Research Letters, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae9f73
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
Promoting Regenerative Construction in the Building Industry
Windapo AO, Chinasamy D, Alade K

Journal of the Association of Professional Women Builders of Nigeria, 2026. https://doi.org/10.36108/japwbn/6202.10.0110
Evaluation of Sustainable Building Technologies Adoption in Housing Construction Across Socio-Economic Contexts in Cape Town, South Africa
Ngoy KS, Daweti E, Molise R, Chinasamy D, Windapo AO

Journal of Construction Business and Management, 2026. https://doi.org/10.15641/jcbm.8.s1.1948
Exploring the potential of Sufficiency scenarios to reach Net-Zero buildings in Swiss municipalities
Batra Z, Sommer T, Jusselme T, Orehounig K

Energy and Buildings, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116727
Data infrastructure for whole-life carbon emissions baselines of buildings in Spain
Soust-Verdaguer B, García-Martínez A, Rey-Álvarez B, de Diego B, de la Fuente A, Röck M

Energy and Buildings, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116307
Climate impact of EU building materials: data compilation and statistical analysis of global warming potential in environmental product declarations
Hoxha E, Birgisdottir H, Röck M

Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.12.015
Timely deployment of best-in-class technologies to enable development and decarbonise construction
Dunant C, Hafez H, Marsh ATM, Miller SA, Röck M, Schmidt W, Scrivener KL, Zunino F

Nature Communications, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67489-8
Ensuring excellent indoor environments and ultra-low carbon footprint in a single-family house from design to operation
Di Santo N, Rupp RF, Christoffersen J, Sarran L, Rockcastle S, Søgaard R, Maagaard S, Bjørkskov KBR, Herrero Gil JP, Guglietti A, Feifer L

Energy and Buildings, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116425
SLiCE: an open building data model for scalable high-definition life cycle engineering, environmental hotspot analysis and dynamic impact assessment
Röck M, Passer A, Allacker K

Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.01.005
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
Creating a comprehensive framework for design, construction and management of healthy buildings
Elnagar E, Düvier C, Batra Z, Christoffersen J, Mandin C, Schweiker M, Wargocki P

Energy and Buildings, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114883
Using systematic building decomposition for implementing LCA: the results of a comparative analysis as part of IEA EBC Annex 72
Soust-Verdaguer B, Potrč Obrecht T, Alaux N, Hoxha E, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Röck M, García-Martínez A, Llatas C, Gómez de Cózar JC, Passer A

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135422
Embodied carbon emissions of buildings and how to tame them
Röck M, Balouktsi M, Ruschi Mendes Saade M

One Earth, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.018
Carbon footprint assessment of a wood multi-residential building considering biogenic carbon
Ouellet-Plamondon C, Ramseier L, Balouktsi M, Delem L, Foliente G, Francart N, Garcia A, Hoxha E, Lützkendorf T, Nygaard Rasmussen F, Peuportier B, Butler J, Birgisdottir H, Dowdell D, Dixit M, Gomes V, Gomes da Silva M, Gómez JC, Kjendseth Wiik M, Llatas C, Mateus R, Pulgrossi LM, Röck M, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Passer A, Satola D, Seo S, Soust Verdaguer B, Veselka J, Volf M, Zhang X, Frischknecht R

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136834
Testing and comparison of an active dry wall with PCM against a traditional dry wall in a relevant operational environment
Imperadori M, Di Santo N, Cucuzza M, Salvalai G, Scoccia R, Vanossi A

TEMA (Rivista Tema), 2023. https://doi.org/10.30682/tema0901i
Holistic Approach for Assessing Buildings' Environmental Impact and User Comfort from Early Design: A Method Combining Life Cycle Assessment, BIM, and Active House Protocol
Di Santo N, Guante Henriquez L, Dotelli G, Imperadori M

Buildings, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051315
Next-generation energy performance certificates: End-user needs and expectations
Zuhaib S, Schmatzberger S, Volt J, Toth Z, Kranzl L, Eugenio Noronha Maia I, Verheyen J, Borragán G, Sousa Monteiro C, Mateus N, Fragoso R, Kwiatkowski J

Energy Policy, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112723
Low-tech passive solar design concepts and bio-based material solutions for reducing life cycle GHG emissions of buildings – Life cycle assessment of regenerative design strategies (2/2)
Mouton L, Trigaux D, Allacker K, Röck M

Energy and Buildings, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112678
Bio-based building material solutions for environmental benefits over conventional construction products – Life cycle assessment of regenerative design strategies (1/2)
Mouton L, Allacker K, Röck M

Energy and Buildings, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112767
Critical life cycle assessment of the innovative passive nZEB building concept 'be 2226' in view of net-zero carbon targets
Maierhofer D, Röck M, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Hoxha E, Passer A

Building and Environment, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109476
Active House Protocol application in Mediterranean climate: an energy-efficient kindergarten in Coppito
Colajanni S, Rotilio M, Di Santo N, Marrone G

Sustainable Mediterranean Construction, 2022.
Life cycle GHG emissions of residential buildings in humid subtropical and tropical climates: systematic review and analysis
Satola D, Röck M, Houlihan-Wiberg A, Gustavsen A

Buildings, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010006
An Evaluation Framework for Sustainable Plus Energy Neighbourhoods: Moving Beyond the Traditional Building Energy Assessment
Salom J, Tamm M, Andresen I, Cali D, Magyari Á, Bukovszki V, Balázs R, Dorizas PV, Toth Z, Zuhaib S, Mafé C, Cheng C, Reith A, Civiero P, Pascual J, Gaitani N

Energies, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144314
Environmental modelling of building stocks - an integrated review of life cycle-based assessment models to support EU policy making
Röck M, Baldereschi E, Verellen E, Passer A, Sala S, Allacker K

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111550
Review of visualising LCA results in the design process of buildings
Hollberg A, Kiss B, Röck M, Soust-Verdaguer B, Wiberg AH, Lasvaux S, Galimshina A, Habert G

Building and Environment, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107530
Embodied GHG emissions of buildings - the hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation
Röck M, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Balouktsi M, Nygaard Rasmussen F, Birgisdottir H, Frischknecht R, Habert G, Lützkendorf T, Passer A

Applied Energy, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114107 - 2020 Highly Cited Research Paper Award · 1,000+ citations
BIM and LCA integration: a systematic literature review
Potrč Obrecht T, Röck M, Hoxha E, Passer A

Sustainability, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145534
Carbon budgets for buildings: harmonizing temporal, spatial and sectoral dimensions
Habert G, Röck M, Steininger K, Lupíšek A, Birgisdottir H, Desing H, Chandrakumar C, Pittau F, Passer A, Rovers R, Slavkovic K, Hollberg A, Hoxha E, Jusselme T, Nault E, Allacker K, Lützkendorf T

Buildings and Cities, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.47
Combining LCA and LCC in the early-design stage: a preliminary study for residential buildings technologies
Dejaco MC, Mazzucchelli ES, Pittau F, Boninu L, Röck M, Moretti N, Passer A

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 588, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/4/042004
Assessing evidence-based single-step and staged deep retrofit towards nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB) using multi-objective optimisation
Zuhaib S, Goggins J

Energy Efficiency, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-019-09812-z
Application of a staged automated calibration methodology to a partially-retrofitted university building energy model
Zuhaib S, Hajdukiewicz M, Goggins J

Journal of Building Engineering, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100866
Environmental benchmarks for buildings: needs, challenges and solutions
Frischknecht R, Balouktsi M, Lützkendorf T, Aumann A, Birgisdottir H, Grosse Ruse E, Hollberg A, Kuittinen M, Lavagna M, Lupišek A, Passer A, Peuportier B, Ramseier L, Röck M, Trigaux D, Vancso D

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01690-y
An Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) assessment of a partially-retrofitted university building
Zuhaib S, Manton R, Griffin C, Hajdukiewicz M, Keane MM, Goggins J

Building and Environment, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.05.001
LCA and BIM: visualization of environmental potentials in building construction at early design stages
Röck M, Hollberg A, Habert G, Passer A

Building and Environment, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.05.006
Strategies to improve the energy performance of buildings: a review of their life cycle impact
Mirabella N, Röck M, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Spirinckx C, Bosmans M, Allacker K, Passer A

Buildings, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings8080105
Attitudes and approaches of Irish retrofit industry professionals towards achieving nearly zero-energy buildings
Zuhaib S, Manton R, Hajdukiewicz M, Keane MM, Goggins J

International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-07-2016-0015
Diagnostics and intervention methods for façade retrofit of post-WWII non-domestic buildings in Europe for energy efficiency
Zuhaib S, Hajdukiewicz M, Keane MM, Goggins J

Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland (CERAI), 2016. https://doi.org/10.13025/s8c88p

Conference papers

The Global Building Data Initiative (GBDI): Open Data Methods and Tools for Whole Life Carbon Decarbonization
Di Santo N, Batra Z, de Courten-Serikoff L, Röck M, Scrivener K

Proceedings of the 7th fib Congress, Lisbon 2026 (fib), 2026.
Evaluating Compliance Levels of Informal Housing Construction Practices with Building and Environmental Regulations in South Africa
Ngoy KS, Paruk Y, Mashangana V, Mthethwa S, Chinasamy D, Windapo AO

Construction Business and Project Management Conference (CBPM 2026), 2026. https://doi.org/10.36108/cbpm/2026.0195
Comparative Performance of Alternative building technologies vs convential in Reconstruction and Development Programme RDP Housing Construction
Ngoy KS, Windapo AO, Lefoka M, Harilall Y, Adam U, Chinasamy D

Construction Business and Project Management Conference (CBPM 2026), 2026. https://doi.org/10.36108/cbpm/2026.0185
Beyond efficiency: Exploring the socio-economic and demographic drivers of sufficiency in buildings
Sommer T, Batra Z, Jusselme T, Orehounig K

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3140/15/152003
An Exploratory Evaluation of the Factors impacting the Adoption of Innovative Sustainable Building Materials in Housing Construction Across Socio-Economic Contexts
Ngoy KS, Daweti E, Molise R, Chinasamy D, Windapo AO

Construction Business and Project Management Conference (CBPM 2025), 2025. https://doi.org/10.36108/cbpm/2025.0152
Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Innovative Building Technology
Chinasamy D, Windapo AO, Emuze FA, Pomponi F

CIB Conferences, 2025. https://doi.org/10.7771/3067-4883.1931

Reports

The housing we need for the future we want
Toth Z, Kockat J, Guglietti A, Sarran L, Feifer L, Bjørkskov KBR, Röck M, Søgaard R

Green paper · The VELUX Group, Living Places, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21030392
Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2025–2026: As climate risks rise and cities grow, we must rethink how we build to create better lives for all
Hamilton I, Kennard H, Hsu SC, Hua L, Yilmaz M, Rapf O, Pinzon Amorocho JA, Gokarakonda S, Nanu A, Milo-Dale L, Kockat J, Steuwer DS, Bankert E, Graaf L, Lockie S, Gibbons O, Munro M, Röck M, Camarasa C

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and GlobalABC, 2026. https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/49531
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
How to establish whole life carbon benchmarks - insights and lessons learned from emerging approaches in Ireland, Czechia and Spain
Toth Z, Broer R, Graaf L, Röck M

INDICATE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21105104
Supporting the development of a roadmap for the reduction of whole life carbon of buildings - final technical report
European Commission DG ENV, Le Den X, Steinmann J, Kovacs A, Kockat J, Röck M, Allacker K, Toth Z

Publications Office of the European Union, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2779/849252
Reduktion und Regulierung von Embodied-Carbon-Emissionen im deutschen Gebäudesektor
Batilliet E, Reimann K, Rolfing H, Westhof M, Fischer C, Maiwald F, Pehnt M, Zimmerman P, Röck M, Caspani M, Le Den X, Steinmann J

Agora Industrie, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13285202
Towards embodied carbon benchmarks for buildings in Europe (four-part series)
Röck M, Sørensen A, Steinmann J, Lynge K, Horup LH, Tozan B, Le Den X, Birgisdottir H

Ramboll / Aalborg University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120522
Priority areas of implementation of the Efficiency First principle in buildings and related energy systems
Pató Z, Mandel T, Schmatzberger S, Broc JS, Rieke-Boll J, Rogulj I, Popovski E, Zuhaib S

ENEFIRST project, Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7134873
Guidelines on policy design options for the implementation of E1st in buildings and the related energy systems
Boll JR, Schmatzberger S, Pató Z, Broc JS, Mandel T, Boza-Kiss B, Zuhaib S, Oikonomou V

ENEFIRST project, Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7134889

Books and chapters

IEA EBC Annex 72 - Assessing life cycle related environmental impacts caused by buildings: background reports
Frischknecht R, Lützkendorf T, Passer A, Birgisdottir H, Chae CU, Palaniappan S, Balouktsi M, Nygaard Rasmussen F, Röck M, Potrč Obrecht T, Hoxha E, Ruschi Mendes Saade M (eds.)

2023. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-953-7
Environmental potential of earth-based building materials: key facts and issues from a life cycle assessment perspective
Ventura A, Ouellet-Plamondon C, Röck M, Hecht T, Roy V, Higuera P, et al

In: Testing and Characterisation of Earth-based Building Materials and Elements, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83297-1
wohnlabor - gemeinsam wohnen gestalten
wohnlabor (Hirschberg R, Jäger A, Ruderer J, Fröhlich J, Prosekar M, Röck M)

HDA Verlag, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5834906
Façade modernisation for retrofitting existing buildings to achieve nearly zero energy buildings
Zuhaib S, Hajdukiewicz M, Keane M, Goggins J

In: Structures and Architecture (CRC Press), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1201/b20891-83

Data and tools

wlc-scenario-explorer: an open source tool for exploring building stock whole life cycle emission scenarios
Röck M, Lesné B, Eissa S, Alaux N, Ramon D, Passer A, Allacker K

Zenodo, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13315281
A global buildings database: whole life cycle GHG emissions, energy performance, and material intensity
Röck M, Sørensen A, Balouktsi M, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Rasmussen F, Alaux N, Hoxha E, Satola D, Truger B, Tozan B, Kuittinen M, Frischknecht R, Birgisdottir H, Habert G, Lützkendorf T, Allacker K, Passer A

Zenodo, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8378938
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
SLiCE hotspot analysis tool
Röck M, Passer A, Allacker K

Zenodo, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8366478
Embodied carbon of European buildings database (EU-ECB-DB)
Röck M, Sørensen A

Zenodo, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6671558
End-user's survey results on needs and expectations for next-generation Energy Performance Certificates (H2020 X-tendo project)
Zuhaib S, Schmatzberger S, Volt J, Toth Z, Kranzl L, Eugenio Noronha Maia I, Verheyen J, Borragán Pedraz G, Sousa Monteiro C, Mateus N, Fragoso R, Kwiatkowski J

Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658337